CAIRO: Egypt's ousted former dictator Hosni Mubarak is to be released within the next few days, the head of the Kuwaiti legal team defending the former president Faisal al-Ateiby said, arguing that the two year legal detention period had ended. He said that under Egyptian law, the accused can not be held for more than 18 months. This is despite the fact that Mubarak was sentenced to life in jail for his role in killing protesters during the January 2011 uprising last summer by a court. He is to get a retrial. If released, it could spark massive unrest and anger among activists, they have told Bikyanews.com, adding that they do not expect the deposed leader to be set free. Ateiby told a Kuwaiti newspaper on Sunday that he gave the Chief Public Prosecutor of Egypt Talaat Ibrahim new evidence that proves the innocence of the deposed leader. Mubarak, who ruled Egypt with an iron fist for three decades, was sentenced to life imprisonment for failing to halt the violence that took place during the uprising that ousted him, but a court last week ordered his re-trial. The Kuwaiti attorney said that the new evidence shows that some senior members of the now-ruling Muslim Brotherhood were behind the killing of protesters. He also accused the Hezbollah movement, Hamas and even the April 6 movement of plotting the violence and killing the protesters, expecting Mubarak to be retried within the next three months. In October, Egypt's Truth Seeking Committee said imprisoned former President Hosni Mubarak, his Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and 6 of his top aides should be retried, the committee said in a report sent to the Attorney General. Mubarak and Adly received life in prison (25 years in the Egyptian penal code) and the interior minister aides were acquitted, including the Cairo security chief, who many accuse of orchestrating deadly attacks on protesters during the January 2011 uprising. The report said the former court based its ruling solely on Cairo, especially on the Tahrir Square events and neglected the clashes that took place all across the country. The committee was started by a presidential decree almost a year ago to investigate the events behind the violent events that took place across Egypt in the January 2011 uprising. “I was very surprised and wondered why this point was neglected," said Amr Marwan, the General Coordinator of the committee to the Egyptian online Dostor Asly commenting on the ruling adding that he examined the reasons behind the ruling in both cases which led the committee discovering the legal loopholes. The Attorney General's office confirmed they received the the committee's report, which included recommendations regarding retrying Mubarak, Adly and his six aides. Adel Al-Saied, the AG's official spokesperson, added that the report was one of the reasons that their office is appealing the ruling and the appeal was presented and accepted on June 5. Bikyanews.com