On trial with Hosni Mubarak are his two sons - Gamal (back), his one-time heir apparent, and Alaa - seen here leaving the courthouse today
Wearing casual white attire, the two sons of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak leave court today after a new session of their trial in Cairo.
Gamal, the one-time heir-apparent, and Alaa are accused of complicity in the killing of more than 800 protesters during last year's uprising that toppled Mubarak's 29-year regime.
Earlier, their father, who faces the same charges, was wheeled into the court on a stretcher wearing dark sunglasses and covered in a green blanket.
On their way to the country club? Mubarak's sons leave court in their casual clothes following trial over killing of 800 protesters
Gamal and Alaa Mubarak accused, along with their father, of complicity in killing protestors
Ousted Egyptian leader turns up to court on stretcher wearing dark sunglasses and covered in blanket
Concern charges against Hosni Mubarak may be dropped following recent acquittal of policemen tried for killing Egyptian protesters
By NICK ENOCH
Hosni Mubarak - who is suffering from a heart condition, according to his doctors and lawyers - faces charges of complicity in the killing of more than 800 protesters during last year's uprising that toppled his 29-year regime. He is seen here outside the courthouse today
The 83-year-old, who was brought by helicopter to the courthouse from a hospital where he is being held in custody, is suffering from a heart condition, according to his doctors and lawyers.
The trial has resumed amid speculation that a recent acquittal of policemen tried for killing Egyptian protesters could be a prelude to the dismissal of charges against the ousted leader.
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It began on August 3 but has since been bogged down in procedural matters, including a demand by lawyers for the victims that the presiding judge, Ahmed Rifaat, be removed.
That request alone took a separate court about three months to rule on.
Another Cairo court on Thursday acquitted five policemen of charges of killing five protesters during the uprising in the capital's district of el-Sayedah Zeinab last January and February.
An Egyptian woman chants slogans in front of the courtroom in Cairo where Mubarak's trial has resumed. The banners list the names of men killed during the uprising
The court said three of the defendants were not at the site of the killings while the other two fired against protesters in self-defence.
The ruling angered families of the victims. Activists demanded that the killers be brought to justice and complained that similar cases are languishing in courts in several Egyptian cities.
Also on trial are the ousted leader's former security chief and six top police commanders.
Gamal and Alaa, who also stand accused of corruption, were brought up in the Heliopolis district of Cairo.
Gamal went on to become a banker in London until returning to Egypt in 1995. He climbed up the ranks to lead an influential government committee which instigated liberal economic reforms.
Alaa did not assume such a public role, but was alleged to have used his father's status to become immensely rich through corrupt business enterprises.
The acquittal of the police officers in el-Sayedah Zeinab and the relatively long time the Mubarak trial is taking before even starting to deal with the core of the charges against him have led many activists to brand the proceedings a farce, organised by the generals who took over power when the longtime leader was ousted.
The generals are led by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, Mubarak's defence minister for the last 20 years he spent in office.
The activists believe the generals remain beholden to the Mubarak regime, and only placed the former president and his two sons under arrest after mounting pressure by protesters.
The Mubaraks were arrested in April, two months after the ousting of the regime.
Activists believe this was long enough for the three to conceal evidence of their alleged involvement in either the killings or corruption.
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