An
Egyptian court on Thursday acquitted Hosni Mubarak’s last Prime Minister, Ahmed
Shafik, and his two sons in one of several cases of financial corruption
brought against them since the veteran autocrat was toppled in 2011.
Reuters reports that another court was expected to rule later in
a separate case of corruption against Shafik, who left the country in 2012
after losing to the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi in a presidential
election.
The acquittal in the case might encourage Shafik him to return
to Egypt, but the prosecutor could yet appeal against Thursday’s ruling.
The cases were brought against the former prime minister after
his defeat by Morsi, who was deposed by the army in July following mass
protests against his rule.
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