Hosni Mubarak's defence team want President Morsi to be tried for killing demonstrators Legal sources have told Arabstoday that the defence team of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has prepared documentation related to events that took place after 'January 25' revolution Including evidence of torture and murder of demonstrators during the revolution's second anniversary celebrations last month.
Munarak defence team will present the document to court and use it as evidence to prove that he is not guilty. The court is yet to set a date for the first session of Mubarak's retrial.
Source told Arabstoday that "the defence team has been monitoring all the events that took place during the last few weeks and wants to know why President Mohammed Morsi is not being treated in the same way as Mubarak. President Morsi has not been charged with killing demonstrators, even though ten demonstrators have died since he took office last June."
Ahmed Refaat, law professor at Cairo University told Arabstoday that, "there is a good chance Mubarak will be acquitted in the re-trial, due to the lack of evidence in proving that he killed the demonstrators."
Refaat added that the reliance of Mubarak's defence team on past events and his demand to be treated in the same way as Morsi will "increase his chances of getting the innocent verdict."
Criminal Law professor Mohammad Rashidi told Arabstoday that Morsi has made the same mistake that Mubarak made, in letting a number of protesters die under his rule. He added that, "the prosecution will struggle to find any new evidence, and that will allow Mubarak to walk free, based on recent events which prove the killing of demonstrators by the police forces."
Supporters of former president Mubarak have organised a protest in Mustafa Mahmoud Square next Monday to show their support for the ousted leader. They are planning to wear black on the second anniversary of his resignation as president. The organisers said that "all movements pro-former president will participate in the protest, and that facts and secrets of the January 25 revolution will be revealed for the for the first time."
Egypt's Court of Cassation ordered the re-trial of Mubarak and his two sons Alaa, Gamal, his Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and six of his top aides in the case of killing of demonstrators, after successful appeal against the initial verdict which saw Mubarak and Adli jailed for 25 years, and Alaa, Gamal and Adly's top aides acquitted.