Egyptian court acquits Mubarak’s sons of illicit share trading

 The two sons of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak were cleared of illicit share trading during the sale of a bank four years before the 2011 revolution that ended their father’s 30-year autocratic rule.
Alaa and Gamal Mubarak and seven others had faced charges of illegally profiting from the process of selling the Al Watany Bank of Egypt to the National Bank of Kuwait in 2007.

Both men, who dismissed wrongdoing, attended Saturday’s Cairo Criminal Court session, which was held at a police academy for security reasons, and heard the verdict acquitting all the defendants.
The public prosecution has the right to appeal, judicial sources said.