An Egyptian court has sentenced a former finance minister to 25 years in prison on charges of squandering public funds.
Egypt's state news agency reported Tuesday that Yousef Boutros-Ghali was found guilty of squandering around $3.6 million during his final years in the post.
He has been convicted on similar charges in past cases.
Boutros-Ghali is a nephew of former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali and is believed to be in London.
Because he has been tried in absentia, he is allowed a retrial and all verdicts can be overturned upon his return.
A Cairo court is also due to issue a verdict later this month in a case involving Boutros-Ghali and the country's former prime minister, Ahmed Nazif, and former interior minister, Habib el-Adly, who are both imprisoned in Cairo.
23 Apr, 2013
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Source: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/04/23/Egypt-sentences-ex-finance-minister-to-25-years.html
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