A court in the Egyptian capital Cairo will hold a hearing to consider a petition to have former president Hosni Mubarak released, pending further investigations.
The court will convene on Wednesday at the Cairo prison where Mubarak is being held, judicial sources said.
The judge is expected to rule on the final corruption charge brought against Mubarak. Two previous similar charges have already been dismissed.
If the court upholds the petition, there would remain no legal grounds for Mubarak’s detention, though he is being retried on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters in 2011.
Al Jazeera’s Mike Hanna, reporting from Cairo, said, “The very fact the release is thought about, talked about, is a real sign of how things have changed over the last six weeks in Egypt.”
However, even if the judge dismisses this current case and orders his release, the prosecutor has the right to appeal and delay until the new trial begins.
Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison last year for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the revolt against him, but a retrial was ordered earlier this year.
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