Ahmed Nazif, a former Egyptian prime minister under ousted president Hosni Mubarak, was sentenced to five years in jail on graft charges in a retrial on Wednesday, judicial sources said.
Court sentences Mubarak-era prime minister to 5 years jail
Many other Mubarak-era figures have been cleared of charges in recent months.
Egypt court sentences Mubarak-era prime minister to 5 years jail
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Nazif had previously been sentenced to three years before launching an appeal that led to the retrial. Two of Nazif's sons, also facing re-trial on graft charges on Wednesday, were ordered to pay fines, the sources said.
Nazif had been acquitted on separate graft charges alongside Mubarak's former interior minister Habib el-Adly in February.
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