Egypt's Court of Appeals on Saturday rejected an appeal by former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons over a three-year jail sentence for corruption, but the trio is unlikely to be imprisoned again having already served the sentences. In May, an Egyptian court sentenced Mubarak and his sons to three years in jail without parole in a retrial on charges of diverting public funds and using the money to upgrade family properties. The three will have to pay a fine of EGP125 million (USD16 million) and return EGP21 million to the state treasury. A court source told Reuters that Mubarak and his sons had paid EGP104 million during the trial period. Former president Hosni Mubarak's appeal against a conviction for embezzling public funds was rejected on Saturday, making him the first Egyptian president to be convicted of corruption as the ruling now is final and cannot be challenged further. The ruling also means that Mubarak will be deprived of privileges granted to former presidents according to Egyptian law. (Reuters, ahramonline)