[JURIST] An Egyptian public prosecutor announced on Monday that former president Hosni Mubarak [BBC profile] will be released from detention in a military hospital. During a retrial this month, Mubarak, who was overthrown in 2011, was cleared [JURIST report] of conspiracy to murder protesters during the 2011 uprising, for which he had been sentenced to life in prison. Mubarak had also been convicted [Reuters report] of embezzlement, but the public prosecutor found that he had already served his sentence. According to his lawyer, Mubarak will be returning to his home in Heliopolis.

Mubarak and other members of his administration have been consistently involved in judicial proceedings since the Egyptian Revolution [JURIST backgrounder]. In October 2015 another Egyptian court ordered [JURIST report] the release of Mubarak’s sons, Gamal and Alaa Mubarak, after holding that they have completed their three-year prison sentences for embezzlement. In January 2015 a court in Egypt overturned [JURIST report] the May 2014 convictions of Mubarak on embezzlement charges and ordered a retrial. In December 2013 a court acquitted [JURIST report] former prime minister and presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq and Alaa and Gamal Mubarak of charges of embezzling public funds.