( CNN ) -- Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak , his two sons and his former interior minister will be retried April 13 , Egypt 's state-run news agency Mena said Sunday . Mubarak is serving a life sentence for his role in the killings of peaceful protesters during the revolution that eventually deposed him . He and his former interior minister Habib al-Adly appealed their life sentences . And a judge agreed . The judge also said that others facing charges should also be retried , including six interior ministry deputies . Essam El-Erian , a senior adviser to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy , said in January that the government looked forward to a second trial . `` God willed the retrial would take place under Morsy 's rule , with new evidence and new defendants , '' El-Erian said . Mubarak , who ruled Egypt for 30 years , was found guilty in June of ordering the killing of protesters and was immediately transferred to Tora prison in southern Cairo to serve his life sentence . The 84-year-old has suffered a range of physical problems since he was driven from office in February 2011 , following weeks of protests by Egyptians demanding more freedom and reforms . He attended his trial later that year on a gurney . In December , Mubarak was transferred to a military hospital after suffering a head injury and a bruised chest when he slipped in a prison hospital bathroom , Egyptian state-run media reported .
Mubarak is serving a life sentence , which he appealed . He was convicted of killing protesters during the uprising and sentenced to death in absentia by an Egyptian court for his role in that violence.