Egyptian anti-Hosni Mubarak demonstrators pose in front of a mock gallow whilst riot policeman provide security outside court in Cairo on Feb.22. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will be given his final verdict on June 2. (Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images)
The judge in the case of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will deliver the final verdict on June 2, according to media reports.
If found guilty, Mubarak and several others, including former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly, could receive the death penalty, which was requested by the prosecution. They were on trial for ordering the deaths of protesters during last year’s popular uprising.
The defense in Mubarak’s trial submitted its final written statements on Wednesday. The former president did not make any comments, according to Al-Jazeera television. Adly during the final hearing blamed the deaths of more than 850 protesters during the uprising on “foreigners” and said there was a “conspiracy” against Egypt.
Adly blamed Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based militant group, and Hamas, a Palestinian political bloc, for causing the unrest and deaths, according to the broadcaster.
Attorney General Moustafa Suleiman said Mubarak’s lawyers should also be charged for slander and fabrication, according to a report from the Daily News of Egypt.
“We hope that someone’s conscience is awoken and the unknown principal perpetrators are reported, but this doesn’t mean that the [defendants] will escape punishment,” Suleiman said in the report.