Mubarak set to return to prison after stay in military hospital

After receiving a life sentence, former Egyptian president was said to be near death in military hospital

16 July 2012, 5:53 pm
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is taken to court for a session in his trial in Cairo in September 2011. (photo credit: AP/Mohammed al-Law)

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s official news agency said the prosecutor general ordered ex-President Hosni Mubarak be moved from a lush military hospital back to prison, now that his health has improved.

It was an indication of Mubarak’s stabilizing health after he was rushed from a prison hospital last month. At the time, he was said to be near death after suffering a stroke.

Prosecutor General Abdel Maguid Mahmoud’s decision means Mubarak could be back in prison later Monday.

The 84-year-old Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison for failing to stop the killing of hundreds of protesters during last year’s uprising against his regime.

He was held in a military hospital before the verdict, and after a brief incarceration in a prison hospital, he was taken back to a military facility.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.

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