A Cairo court approved on Saturday the release of the ousted President Hosni Mubarak, accepting his appeal to be released pending trial, the former president is currently arrested for charges of graft and corruption.
The Cairo Criminal Court ruled last week the release of Mubarak in the case of the killing of protesters during the uprising that overthrew him in 2011, but remained locked up on remand in cases of graft and waste of public money and presidential palaces.
The former president was sent back to Tora Prison’s, where he is currently held.
Mubarak had already spent time in prison exceeding the legal limit for custody detention, but he was kept in custody due to involvement in other charges.
A judicial source said that the prosecutor-general would challenge Mubarak's release verdict, reported Al-Jazeera.
