Egypt court drops murder charge against Mubarak
An Egyptian court declared yesterday that ex-President Hosni Mubarak was not to be punished for deaths of protestors during a 2011 revolution.You can read this story on the changes in Egypt over last year to understand more on the background
The court also cleared Mr Mubarak of a corruption charge, but he will remain in prison because he is serving a three-year sentence in a separate corruption case.
A supporter of Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak (portrait) stands outside the police academy in Cairo during his trial on November 29, 2014.AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED Seven of his security commanders, including the feared former interior minister Habib al-Adly, were acquitted over the demonstrator deaths. Cheers broke out in the courtroom and Mubarak's two sons and co-defendants stooped down to kiss his forehead when the judge read out the verdict, as Mubarak lay in an upright stretcher inside the caged dock. © 1994-2014 Agence France-Presse Modified to suit young audience
