A court in Cairo has sentenced Egyptian ex-President Hosni Mubarak to life imprisonmen

A court in Cairo has sentenced Egyptian ex-President Hosni Mubarak to life imprisonment for complicity in the killing of demonstrators during last year's uprising.

The 84-year-was convicted after a 10-month trial in a special court.
Mubarak is the first former leader to be tried in person since the start of the Arab Spring in early 2011.
The judge suspended the session as shouting and scuffles erupted in court after the verdict was read out.
Mubarak, who ruled the country for 30 years, had faced a possible death sentence over the killing of about 850 protesters by security forces last year.
But critics had argued that the investigation had been flawed.
Witnesses withdrew initial statements that police had been ordered to use live ammunition.
Judge Ahmed Refaat insisted the trial had been a fair one, and said Egyptian people had suffered 30 years of darkness under Mubarak's rule.

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