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Report: Mubarak aide sentenced to 7 years for corruption

A close aide and former chief of staff of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to seven years in prison for corruption charges by a Cairo criminal court on Sunday, AFP quoted a judicial source as saying.
The court also ordered Zakaria Azmi to pay 38 million Egyptian pounds ($6.2 million), according to the report.
Mubarak himself faces sentencing on June 2, accused of ordering the killing of protesters in Tahrir Square, a charge he denies.