An Egyptian court has ordered the release of former President Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of protesters but he will remain in custody over fraud charges, according to court officials. A judge on Monday ordered Mubarak’s release on bail for charges over his complicity in the killing of protesters but this decision did not cancel his detention due to ongoing separate charges, the officials said. “He has been freed only in one case,” Al Jazeera’s Anita McNaught reported from Cairo. “However, there are many corruption cases still lined up for [Mubarak]”. Mubarak, 84, has spent the maximum legal time of two years in detention since being charged with Habib al-Adli, former interior minister, for their involvement in the killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising that unseated him. Mubarak’s case is facing an indefinite delay after a retrial was aborted on Saturday when the presiding judge withdrew from the case.
Mubarak to stay behind bars despite bail
