Egyptian justice ‘Farce’ claims

Mubarak faces charges of complicity in the killing of more than 800 protesters in the uprising that toppled his 29-year regime.

The ailing 83-year-old was brought by helicopter to the Cairo court from a hospital, where he is being held in custody. He was taken into the defendants’ cage on a gurney, wearing dark glasses and covered by a blanket.

Another Cairo court on Thursday acquitted five policemen of charges of killing five protesters. The acquittal of the police officers and the slow pace of the Mubarak trial has convinced many Egyptians that the proceedings are a farce, organised by the generals who are now in power.