Cairo: An Egyptian court on Thursday acquitted former interior minister Habib Al Adly of graft charges, clearing the last hurdle for him to walk free.
The Criminal Court cleared Al Adly of illegally amassing 181 million Egyptian pounds (around Dh82.2 million) allegedly by abusing power as interior minister.
Al Adly was detained following the 2011 uprising that toppled long-time president Hosni Mubarak.
He already served three years in prison after being convicted of illegally employing conscripts on his private mansion and farmland.
In recent months, Al Adly has been exonerated in two other cases.
Last month, he was cleared of wasting public money in a multi-million dollar deal for vehicle licence plates.
In November last year, another court acquitted him along with Mubarak of involvement in the killing of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 revolt.
Thursday’s acquittal clears the way for Al Adly to be released from prison where he has spent about four years, a prison source said.
“He is no longer wanted in other cases. He will be released after the prison department gets official documents about his acquittal,” the source said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media. “He will be released from Tora Prison,” the source said, referring to a prison complex in southern Cairo.
