Zaki to be released 'but not acquitted'

(ANSAmed) - ROME, DEC 7 - Egyptian Bologna University student Patrick Zaki will be released from prison "even though he has not been acquitted", lawyers told reporters, including an ANSA journalist, at the end of a hearing in Mansoura on Tuesday.
    It is still unclear at the moment whether Zaki , who has been detained for 22 months, will be released Tuesday or over the coming days.
    The decision was announced after the third hearing of a trial against the student on charges of instigating subversion.
    The next hearing will be on February 1.
    Amnesty International said it hoped Tuesday's ruling would be the first step towards acquittal. (ANSAmed).