Prisão perpétua para Mubarak

An Egyptian court has sentenced ex-President Hosni Mubarak to life in prison for complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising. The 84-year-old is the first former leader to be tried in person since the start of the Arab Spring in early 2011. Former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly also received a life sentence over the deaths of demonstrators. Mubarak and his two sons - Gamal and Alaa - were acquitted on separate charges of corruption. Shouting and scuffles erupted in court after the verdict was read out. Correspondents say this was caused by the court's decision to acquit four senior aides to Adly, who are also widely blamed for the death of protesters. Angry shouts Outside the building, Mubarak's sentencing was greeted by celebrations from relatives of those killed, according to the BBC's Yolande Knell. Firecrackers were set off. Soha Saeed, the wife of one of the victims, shouted: "I'm so happy. I'm so happy." But the joy soon turned into angry shouts as the crowd learnt that the former interior minister's aides had been cleared. In a preamble to the verdicts, Judge Ahmed Refaat insisted the 10-month trial had been a fair one.