Egypt: Hosni Mubarak 'to be freed in next two days' He was speaking after judicial authorities ordered Mr Mubarak released in one of the remaining corruption cases against him. The only legal grounds for Mr Mubarak's continued detention rest on another corruption case which will be cleared up later this week, Mr Deeb told Reuters on Monday. All we have left is a simple administrative procedure that should take no more than 48 hours. He should be freed by the end of the week," Mr Deeb said. Mr Mubarak, 85, still faces a retrial on charges of complicity in the murder of protesters during the 2011 revolt. In January, an appeals court threw out the guilty verdict and life sentence against the former Egyptian strongman, after both the prosecution and the defence contested the judgment - but on different grounds. Lawyers for the then-ruling Muslim Brotherhood were seeking a harsher verdict, arguing that a new trial with fresh evidence could result in the death penalty for Mr Mubarak. Meanwhile the defence sought his acquittal, claiming there was no evidence that Mr Mubarak had allowed the killings.