Egyptian Court served Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak with Life Term

An Egyptian court awarded former President Hosni Mubarak with life imprisonment on 2 June 2012. The former autocrat was convicted given his involvement in the murder of protesters during the uprising which dethroned him in 2011. Mubarak's former interior minister Habib al-Adly was also awarded with the life sentence.

The court, however, acquitted Mubarak’s son Alaa and Gamal, due to the expiry of a statute of limitations. They were being prosecuted in a case of corruption. Mubarak was also acquitted in one of the corruption cases. The trial against Mubarak began in August 2011.

Mubarak was the only autocrat who was dethroned from his post during the Arab Spring. The former president along with former interior minister Habib al-Adly and six others were charged with the killing of nearly 850 people during the 18-day Egyptian uprising in early 2011.

Hosni Mubarak served as the fourth President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. Before being escalated to the post of president he also served as the deputy of President Anwar El Sadat from 1975 to 1981. Following the assassination of President Anwar El Sadat in 1981 Mubarak became the President of Egypt and remained on the position for nearly 30 years, making him the longest serving president of Egypt.