Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak attempts to cover his face as he is wheeled into an ambulance after being found guilty |
Former
Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak suffered a heart attack today just
moments after being told he would spend the rest of his life in jail.
Following
a lengthy trial, the man who ruled over the country for 30 years was
sentenced after being found guilty of being complicit in the killings of
protesters during the country's uprising.
The
ruling came at a politically fraught time for Egypt, two weeks before a
run-off in its first free presidential election that will pit the
Muslim Brotherhood, which was banned under Mubarak, against the deposed
autocrat's last prime minister.
Mubarak,
propped up on a hospital stretcher and wearing dark sunglasses, heard
the verdict with a stony expression. He had been wheeled into the cage
used in Egyptian courtrooms, while the other defendants stood.
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