Cairo - An Egyptian court acquitted on Saturday an oil minister who served under ex-strongman Hosni Mubarak in a retrial after a 2012 conviction for selling Israel natural gas at below market price.
The Cairo court acquitted former oil minister Sameh Fahmi along with five other petroleum officials.
An appeals court ordered a retrial in March 2013 for the defendants after they were initially found guilty in 2012 and sentenced to between 3 and 15 years in jail.