Cairo: A Cairo criminal court on Sunday sentenced ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's former chief of staff to seven years in jail on corruption charges, a judicial source told AFP.
Zakaria Azmi was also ordered to pay a fine of 38 million Egyptian pounds (around $6.2 million), the source said.
Mr Azmi was jailed last year and put on trial in October, charged with illegal acquisition of funds.
He joins a host of former ministers and officials handed jail sentences following a sweeping investigation into corruption after the uprising that ended Mr Mubarak's three decade rule.
Mr Mubarak himself faces a verdict on June 2 to determine whether or not he was involved in the killing of protesters during the 18-day revolt.
Zakaria Azmi was also ordered to pay a fine of 38 million Egyptian pounds (around $6.2 million), the source said.
Mr Azmi was jailed last year and put on trial in October, charged with illegal acquisition of funds.
He joins a host of former ministers and officials handed jail sentences following a sweeping investigation into corruption after the uprising that ended Mr Mubarak's three decade rule.
Mr Mubarak himself faces a verdict on June 2 to determine whether or not he was involved in the killing of protesters during the 18-day revolt.
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