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The landmark murder and corruption trial of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak entered its final day of hearings on Wednesday, with the judge expected to announce the date of the verdict. The trial could see the toppled dictator, his interior minister Habib al-Adly and six security chiefs sent to the gallows if convicted of complicity in the deaths of peaceful protesters during the uprising that overthrew him a year ago.
At the hearing, prosecutors told Judge Ahmed Refaat that the medical wing of Cairo's Tora prison was ready to receive Mubarak, state television reported, following mounting calls to move him from hospital to prison. Cameras are not allowed inside the courtroom and state television did not show Mubarak or the defendants arriving in court. In previous sessions, his arrival by helicopter and his wheeling into court on a stretcher were aired live.
Dozens of Mubarak supporters and opponents gathered outside the courthouse, separated by police. Both sides chanted and held up banners. One man in the anti-Mubarak crowd held a noose aloft to underline calls for the once all-powerful strongman to face the death penalty.
Adly addressed the court for more than an hour and a half, speaking of a "conspiracy" against Egypt, state television reported. Mubarak could in theory hang if found guilty. The prosecution has called for the death penalty. But if sentenced, the former president would be able to appeal, according to judicial sources. The trial was supposed to be a historic moment when the dictator is brought to justice by his long-suffering people but it has been widely criticised as little more than political theatre.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2012

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