An Egyptian court on Thursday postponed a decision on whether to replace the judges handling the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak, his two sons, former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and six security officials who are currently on trial before the Cairo Criminal Court.
The plaintiffs’ lawyers accused judges of being partial against them and demanded they be changed.
Judicial sources said the Cairo Appeals Court postponed the decision until 7 December, noting that the plaintiffs’ lawyers were the ones who requested the postponement.
The plaintiffs' lawyers had complained that the judges currently presiding over the trial, headed by Ahmed Refaat, did not allow them to properly interrogate key witness Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi.
The lawyers also accused Refaat of having worked as a consultant for the office of the deposed president.
Legal experts say that if the appeals court approves the substitution, the new judges will have to restart the proceedings from scratch, but if it is turned down, the trial will resume where it stopped.
