Egyptian state television will broadcast live the verdict and sentencing on Saturday of ex-president Hosni Mubarak, his sons and security chiefs in a murder and corruption trial, official media reported.
State television will charge foreign media between $7,000 and $10,000 to buy the coverage, the official MENA news agency quoted the head the of the state’s Egyptian Radio and Television Union, Tharwat al-Mekki, as saying. The first several hearings the trial, which started in August,were broadcast live, but chief judge Ahmed Rifaat then ordered cameras out before witnesses began to take the stand.
Mubarak and his security chiefs are charged with murder over the killings of protesters during the 18-day revolt that overthrew him on February 11, 2011.
He shares corruption charges with his sons Alaa and Gamal.
The trial is taking place in the police academy that was once named after Mubarak on Cairo’s outskirts.
In the opening hearing, dramatically aired live to millions in Egypt and abroad, Mubarak made his first public appearance since his ouster arriving on a stretcher.
A camera zoomed in on him as he fidgeted with his nose but mostly lay prone while his two sons Alaa and Gamal tried to obscure him from view.
