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| Egypt: Hosni Mubarak retrial to begin on 13 April | Egypt: Hosni Mubarak retrial to begin on 13 April |
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| Former President Hosni Mubarak will face retrial on 13 April, Egypt's appeal's court has decided. | Former President Hosni Mubarak will face retrial on 13 April, Egypt's appeal's court has decided. |
| He faces charges of conspiring to kill protesters during the 2011 revolt that ended his 29-year rule, and corruption. | |
| A retrial was ordered in January after a court accepted his appeal against the life sentence he had been serving since his conviction last June. | A retrial was ordered in January after a court accepted his appeal against the life sentence he had been serving since his conviction last June. |
| Mr Mubarak, 84, is currently in a military hospital. About 850 people were killed in the 2011 crackdown. | Mr Mubarak, 84, is currently in a military hospital. About 850 people were killed in the 2011 crackdown. |
| Mr Mubarak's Interior Minister Habib al-Adly, will also face retrial, the Mena state news agency quoted the head of the court as saying. | Mr Mubarak's Interior Minister Habib al-Adly, will also face retrial, the Mena state news agency quoted the head of the court as saying. |
| Last year, he was sentenced to life for contributing to the killing of protesters, and for five and 12 years for corruption charges. | Last year, he was sentenced to life for contributing to the killing of protesters, and for five and 12 years for corruption charges. |
| Mr Mubarak's sons, Gamal and Alaa, will be retried on corruption charges for which they were acquitted in June. | Mr Mubarak's sons, Gamal and Alaa, will be retried on corruption charges for which they were acquitted in June. |
| A retrial cannot result in a harsher penalty, but could re-impose a maximum life sentence or even lead to an acquittal. | A retrial cannot result in a harsher penalty, but could re-impose a maximum life sentence or even lead to an acquittal. |
| When the retrials were ordered, one of Mubarak's lawyers said no new evidence would be added to the case. | |
| Families of protesters who died in the 2011 crackdown were disappointed that the former president was not convicted of ordering the killings. | |
| There was also been anger among some that he has not faced trial for abuses allegedly committed earlier in his rule. |