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Egypt court overturns Mubarak 3 year jail term for graft

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is seen behind bars during his retrial in Cairo on August, 25 2013/AFP

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is seen behind bars during his retrial in Cairo on August, 25 2013/AFP

CAIRO, Jan 13- An Egyptian court on Tuesday overturned a three-year prison sentence against ousted president Hosni Mubarak on corruption charges and ordered a retrial. 

A lower court had handed down the jail term in May last year after convicting him of embezzling more than 100,000 Egyptian pounds about $14 million, 10 million euros) earmarked for the maintenance of presidential palaces.

It had also handed down four year jail sentences against the toppled leader’s sons, Alaa and Gamal.

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