13/09/2012 17:46
Egypt's former PM sentenced to 3 years imprisonment
A court in Cairo has sentenced Egypt's former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to three years in prison for corruption, the BBC reports.
Ahmed Nazif, who was prime minister from 2004 until last year's uprising, has also been ordered to pay a fine of 9m Egyptian pounds (£900,000; $1.5m).
Last year, Ahmed Nazif was given a one-year suspended sentence after he was charged for unlawful gains in a business deal.
Nazif is one of several Mubarak-era senior officials on trial.