Court sentences Mubarak to 3 years in prison, fine

Egypt’s deposed leader Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were sentenced on Saturday to three years in prison and a fine in a retrial on corruption charges they faced earlier. It wasn’t immediately clear whether it will include the time he’s already served since his country’s 2011 revolt.

The corruption case — dubbed by the Egyptian media as the “presidential palaces” affair — concerns charges that Mubarak and his two sons embezzled millions of dollars worth of state funds over the course of a decade. The funds were meant to pay for renovating and maintaining presidential palaces but were instead allegedly spent on upgrading the family’s private residences.

Mubarak was sentenced to three years, his sons to four in the case. He later appealed, sparking the retrial. Supporters shouted in anger as Judge Hassan Hassanin announced his verdict. “We believe in you! We trust Mubarak!” they yelled, as some women there began crying. Some wore T-shirts emblazoned with the former leader’s face, and waved and blew kisses as the 87-year-old autocrat entered the courtroom. Mubarak, wearing sunglasses, had no visible reaction to the verdict. His two sons, Gamal and Alaa, wore suits to the hearing and also had no reaction.