Egypt's court to rule in murder retrial of Mubarak

A Cairo court is expected to hand down a verdict in the trial of Hosni Mubarak, who is accused of being involved in the killing of hundreds of protestors during the uprising that ousted him.

Mubarak, 86, is accused along with seven of his former police commanders of involvement in the killing of hundreds of demonstrators during the 2011 revolt that ended his three-decade rule.

An appeals court overturned an initial life sentence for Mubarak in 2012 on a technicality.

The new verdict was initially scheduled for September 27, but Mahmud Kamel al-Rashidi, the chief judge, postponed it, saying he had not finished writing the reasoning after a retrial that saw thousands of case files presented.

The court is also due to rule on corruption charges levelled against Mubarak and his sons Alaa and Gamal.

If acquitted, Mubarak would not be released because he is serving a three-year sentence in a separate corruption case, a judicial official said.

Saturday's verdict comes as the revolutionary fervour that unseated Mubarak has largely ebbed across the country.

Mubarak's Islamist successor Mohamed Morsi was himself removed last year by then-army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who is now president.

Morsi was put on trial along with hundreds of others accused of being supporters or members of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood.