Hosni Mubarak free within 48 hours, claims lawyer
Former Egyptian president overthrown in 2011 uprising will be released from jail this week, according to his lawyer
Reuters in Cairo
The Guardian, Monday 19 August 2013 11.57 BST
Hosni Mubarak looks out from behind the bars of a cage inside the courtroom during his trial in April. Photograph: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA
Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian president overthrown in an uprising in 2011, will be released from jail in the next 48 hours after a prosecutor cleared him in a corruption case, his lawyer has said.
Fareed el-Deeb was speaking after judicial authorities ordered the release of Mubarak in one of the remaining corruption cases against him.
The only legal grounds for Mubarak's continued detention rest on another corruption case that will be cleared up later this week, Deeb said.
"All we have left is a simple administrative procedure that should take no more than 48 hours. He should be freed by the end of the week," Deeb said.
Mubarak, 85, still faces a retrial on charges of complicity in the murder of protesters during the 2011 revolt.
