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| In November, a court cleared Hosni Mubarak of directing the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising |
A court in Egypt has overturned the convictions for embezzlement of former President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons and ordered a retrial.
Mr Mubarak was jailed for three years in May after being found guilty of fraudulently billing the government for $17m (£11m) of personal expenses.
But the Court of Cassation found legal procedures were not followed properly.
Mr Mubarak's lawyer told the BBC the 86-year-old would soon be released from detention at a Cairo military hospital.
Charges of conspiring in the killing of hundreds of protesters during the uprising that ended his rule in 2011 were dropped in November.
The former president and his sons, Alaa and Gamal, were also cleared of two corruption charges.
The Court of Cassation, Egypt's top appeals court, announced that it had overturned the three men's convictions for embezzlement and ordered a retrial at a brief session on Tuesday morning.
It was the last remaining case keeping Mr Mubarak behind bars.
When a new court is assigned, the judges could order him to be freed pending the retrial because no convictions against him remain.
Egyptian media say Mr Mubarak had been expected to be released from the military hospital at Maadi on 17 January even if the embezzlement conviction was upheld because he has been in custody since April 2011.
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