Egyptian ex-President Mubarak retrial due to begin

PanARMENIAN.Net - The retrial of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is due to begin at 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT) Saturday, May 11, according to BBC News.

Mubarak faces charges of complicity in the killings of protesters in the January 2011 uprising which overthrew him and of financial corruption.

Mubarak was convicted in June 2012 but a retrial was ordered on appeal. His first retrial collapsed in April amid chaotic scenes as the presiding judge referred the case to another court.

Judge Mustafa Hassan Abdullah said he was referring the trial to the Cairo appeals court as he felt "unease" in reviewing the case.

Mubarak's former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and six aides will also be retried on the charges relating to the killing of protesters in 2011. Al-Adly will also be retried for corruption charges.

About 850 people were killed in the 2011 crackdown.

Both men successfully appealed against their convictions at Egypt's Court of Cassation, which cited procedural failings in the original trial.

Mubarak's sons, Gamal and Alaa, will be retried on corruption charges for which they were acquitted in June 2012, because of the expiry of a statute of limitations.

Mubarak's first trial, at which he also appeared on a stretcher, lasted 10 months.

Last month Mubarak was transferred from a military hospital to prison after Egypt's public prosecutor deemed his health was no longer in danger.