埃及法庭将重审穆巴拉克

An Egyptian appeals court says ousted President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons will get a retrial in the embezzlement case that earned them multi-year sentences last year.

The court in Cairo announced its decision Tuesday, a move that rolls back the only remaining conviction against Mr. Mubarak.

Judicial sources say Mr. Mubarak, currently detained at a military hospital, could be freed at some point. But a security official told Egypt's official MENA news agency that will not happen until the judiciary orders his release.

A lower court found the former Egyptian president and his two sons guilty in May, saying they embezzled about $17 million in funds to be used to renovate presidential palaces.

The 86-year-old Mr. Mubarak has been serving a three-year sentence in a military hospital, while sons Alaa and Gamal were each given four-year terms.

The former president is also facing a retrial in another case involving the deaths of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his three decades in power.

He was originally convicted in that case and sentenced to life in prison in 2012, but the verdict was later overturned, and a court dropped the charges in November.

Prosecutors have appealed the dismissal.