Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday appeared in court for a fresh trial in cases related to deaths of nearly 850 protesters during the uprising against his rule in 2011 as well as corruption.
His two sons, Gamal and Alaa, along with former Interior Minister Habib El-Adly and six former aides were also in court to face the charges.
Mubarak, 85, who was convicted in the case in 2012 was granted a retrial after he filed an appeal citing procedural irregularities in the earlier trial.
Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for nearly 30 years, came into the courtroom sitting up on a stretcher dressed in white and wearing sunglasses.
The first retrial which was to start in April fell apart after the presiding judge Mustafa Hassan Abdullah referred it to the Cairo Appeal Court, reported Ahram Online.
Judge Mahmoud Kamel El-Rashidi will now take over the proceedings.