6:06 pm: The 8th and 9th witnesses will testify Thursday.
5:48 pm: The court acquits the fifth witness, Central Security Forces Captain Mohamed Abdel Hakeem Mohamed, of perjury charges.
5:40 pm: The court has decided to summon Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, head of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, to testify in a secret session on Sunday. Also to be summoned are: Armed Forces Chief of Staff Sami Anan on Monday, former Intelligence Director Omar Suleiman on Tuesday, Interior Minister Mansour al-Essawy on Wednesday and former Interior Minister Mahmoud Wagdy on Thursday.
The judge has imposed a gag order on media outlets and forbidden coverage of all sessions from Sunday to Thursday.
5:38 pm: Live broadcasts on state TV show an ambulance carrying Mubarak from the academy.
5:30 pm: Plaintiffs' lawyer Sameh Ashour, a former head of the Lawyers’ Syndicate, told Al Jazeera that the plaintiffs' lawyers don't trust the witnesses since six of them come from the police.
It's clear that their testimonies are made up, said Ashour, adding that the plaintiffs' lawyers will file a request to hold the first witness in custody on grounds of perjury. The first witness, General Hussein Saeed Mohamed Moussa, head of communications for Central Security Forces, told the court that Adly didn't order the shooting protesters. This testimony contradicts with what Moussa claimed previously when investigated by prosecutors.
5:00 pm: Some of the plaintiffs' lawyers are demanding to reinvestigate the whole case and add high treason to Mubarak's criminal charges.
4:24 pm: Martyrs' families outside the Police Academy have expressed deep dissatisfaction over the witnesses' testimonies, which undermine the case against Mubarak and Adly.
Mohamed Abdel Fatah, who said his son died by a bullet on 29 January, accused the witnesses of telling lies. He told Al-Masry Al-Youm's correspondent that he believes their testimonies were fabricated to favor Mubarak and Adly.
3:53 pm: Gameel Said, Ramzy's lawyer, was beaten by anti-Mubarak protesters outside the Police Academy, Al-Masry Al-Youm's correspondent reports.
3:48 pm: State TV reports that the seventh witness, former Police Major Tarek Abdel Moneim, told the court that he could not identify who exactly shot him when he was wounded by a pellet.
Moneim also said he saw a man named Mostafa al-Sawy, who got injured in the face. Later on, he found out Sawy had died. He said he saw policemen carrying shields, sticks, guns, which were used to deploy tear gas bombs as well as pellets and rubber bullets.
However, he did not see policemen armed with live ammunition weapons, Moneim said.
3:47 pm: The court is in recess.
Most of the martyrs' families who were protesting outside the Police Academy have left, according to Al-Masry Al-Youm's correspondent.
Hassan Abu Aleneen, a plaintiff's lawyer, said that he believes today's session will end within 30 minutes, the correspondent says.
3:22 pm: State TV reports that the seventh witness, Tarek Abdel Moneim – a former police officer who joined protesters on 28 January – has told the court that he got injured by a pellet during the revolution. He affirmed that other protesters were wounded while walking by his side on 28 January.
3:20 pm: Prominent journalist and TV host Wael al-Ebrashy, who is attending the trial, told reporters that he believes the witnesses were pressured to undermine the prosecution.
According to Al-Masry Al-Youm's correspondent, Ebrashy said that holding the fifth witness in custody for perjury represents a warning to all witnesses.
3:18 pm: State TV reports that the defendants' lawyers asked the court to hold the first witness in custody on grounds of perjury.
The first witness, General Hussein Saeed Mohamed Moussa – the head of the Central Security Forces (CSF) communications – on Monday told the court he heard Ahmed Ramzy, the head of CSF and one of Adly’s aides on trial, saying there would be attacks on police stations and the Interior Ministry headquarters. Moussa said Ramzy then decided unilaterally to arm policemen with automatic weapons and live ammunition.
3:12 pm: The seventh witness, Tarek Abdel Moneim, a former police officer who joined protesters on 28 January, testifies.
3:10 pm: Al Jazeera earlier spoke with a Mubarak supporter who denied that Mubarak and others on trial are responsible for killing the protesters.
As shown in this
video, the woman, raising Mubarak's picture and standing outside the courthouse, told the reporter: "It is Iran, Hizbullah, Palestine, Qatar and some Iraqi Shia who killed protesters."
"Mubarak, his sons, [the former] interior minister and generals are innocent," she added.
3:03 pm: Security is being tightened outside the court, state TV reports.
2:46 pm: The sixth witness, Police Sergeant Abdel Hameed Rashed Abul Yazeed, begins his testimony.
2:40 pm: The session resumes.
2:10 pm: Here's a summary of reactions over the fifth witness, Captain Mohamed Abdel Hakeen Mohamed of Egypt's Central Security Forces.
The most serious challenge for the defendants' lawyers so far has come after Judge Refaat decided to hold Mohamed in custody.
Plaintiffs' lawyers and prosecutors told the judge that the captain changed his testimony, and accused him of perjury.
During his testimony, Mohamed denied the use of live ammunition against protesters. But in March, he told prosecutors that Central Security Forces were supplied with live ammunition.
So far, only one witness, General Hussein Saeed Mohamed Moussa, head of communications for Central Security Forces, has testified against any of the accused.
Moussa said Ahmed Ramzy, former assistant minister for the Central Security Forces, ordered the supply of the Central Security Forces with live ammunition.
Nabil Medahat Salim, Ramzy's lawyer, told Al Jazeera that the first witness's testimony doesn't pose a challenge for Ramzy, because the witness didn't realize any orders to supply forces with automatic weapons and only heard it over a handheld radio.
All the witnesses so far are various ranking police officers who belong to the same department in the Central Security Forces.
Meanwhile, one of the lawyers has demanded that General Mohsen al-Fangary, assistant defense minister, be summoned to testify about the killing of protesters.
1:55 pm: The court is in recess.
1:44 pm: Judge decides to hold the fifth witness in custody on grounds of perjury.
1:30 pm: Prosecutors accuse the fifth witness of perjury.
1:21 pm: Prosecutors demand that the fifth witness be prosecuted on grounds of recanting his original testimony.
Meanwhile, 20 young men rally outside the Police Academy and insult police. The police remain self-restrained. Military officers intervene to calm protesters down.
1:00 pm: Here's a wrap-up of the testimony of the fifth witness, Central Security Forces Captain Mohamed Abdel Hakeem Mohamed.
Like the other prosecution witnesses, he denies the use of live ammunition during the revolution. He only learned about the shooting of protesters from TV, he says.
State TV reports that Judge Refaat asked Mohamed, "What were you assigned to do between 25 and 28 January?"
Mohamed replied, saying that between 25 and 27 January, he was stationed in the Central Security Forces camp. On the 28th, he was sent out with the first brigade.
"What kind of arms did you carry?" Refaat asked.
He said soldiers and officers were armed with sticks, shields, tear gas bombs and pistols loaded with pellets. He denied that Central Security Forces were armed with live ammunition.
The judge said, "Some victims were shot with live ammunition, who you think had shot them?"
He replied saying, "I do not know." He added that Central Security Forces officers are usually prohibited from carrying any machine guns or their personal pistols – which normally are loaded with live bullets – when they are sent out to demonstrations.
12:55 pm: Mubarak's main lawyer, Farid al-Deeb, leaves the courtroom, state TV reports.
12:50 pm: The plaintiffs' lawyers reject the participation of Kuwaiti lawyers in Mubarak’s defense team.
12:45 pm: State TV reports that plaintiffs' lawyers agreed that Sameh Ashour, a former head of the Lawyers’ Syndicate, will represent them during the current session.
12:30 pm: A woman who supported Mubarak went to the anti-Mubarak protesters and tried to defend the former president, according to Al-Masry Al-Youm's correspondent outside the Police Academy. The move lead to clashes between the two sides, but the atmosphere is calm now.
12:29 pm: The fifth witness, Central Security Forces Captain Mohamed Abdel Hakeem Mohamed, begins his testimony.
12:20 pm: The courtroom is calm after plaintiffs' lawyers reached an agreement about their demands, state TV reports.
Meanwhile, Mubarak's supporters – around 10 people – leave the Police Academy area through a back door. Al-Masry Al-Youm's correspondent says they were guarded by police.
12:12 pm: State TV says that the plaintiffs' lawyers who withdrew from the hearings earlier returned back. Prior to the recess, they demanded a 15-minute break to coordinate among themselves.
12:06 pm: The session resumes.
12:02 pm: Around 10 Mubarak supporters have arrived at the Police Academy, Al-Masry Al-Youm's correspondent reports. Anti-Mubarak protesters approached them and started chanting anti-Mubarak slogans.
11:55 am: Journalist Farah Saafan tweets that police are sexually harassing anti-Mubarak female protesters.
11:50 am: The pro-Mubarak Facebook page "I'm Sorry Mr. President" expresses deep anger after one of the plaintiffs' lawyers insulted Mubarak during the hearings. The page administrator said that insulting the former president is "the worst incident in the history of the Egyptian judiciary."
11:48 am: Al Jazeera reports that the plaintiffs' lawyers demand that Prime Minister Essam Sharaf be summoned to testify about allegedly smuggled money.
11:40 am: Anti-Mubarak protesters are chanting against Egypt's military rulers outside the Police Academy, according to Al-Masry Al-Youm's correspondent there, saying "Expose your chest for bullets, we are calling for retribution," and "Oh, mean Tantawi, the blood of martyrs is not cheap," among other slogans.
11:38 am: Judge Refaat orders a three-minute court recess, which is the first during this session.
11:32 am: Al-Masry Al-Youm's correspondent inside the courtroom confirms earlier reports that one of the plaintiffs' lawyers insulted Mubarak during the hearings.
11:17 am: In Wednesday's session, three witnesses from Egypt's are due to testify before the court – Central Security Forces Captain Mohamed Abdel Hakeem Mohamed, Police Sergeant Abdel Hameed Rashed Abul Yazeed and former Police Major Tarek Abdel Moneim. Moneim has previously told the prosecutors that a police general and 15 of his aides broke into the building of the American University in Cairo, facing Tahrir Square, and opened fire against protesters from inside.
11:14 am: Al Jazeera's Mubashir Misr channel reports that Sameh Ashour, a former head of the bar association, and some of the lawyers representing victims' families have withdrawn from the hearings in objection to "chaotic" conditions inside the courtroom.
11:10 am: State TV reports that one of the plaintiff's lawyers insulted Mubarak during the hearings.
11:00 am: State TV says that the plaintiffs' lawyers demanded that Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, and former First Lady Suzanne Mubarak be summoned to court to give their testimonies.
Meanwhile, Mohamed Zahran, a relative of one of the protesters killed during the revolution, shouts at the anti-Mubarak protesters, demanding that they stop cursing and chanting anti-police slogans.
“The media are deploying such acts to ridicule our cause and provide a legitimate pretext for the police to crackdown on us,” Zahran told Al-Masry Al-Youm outside the courtroom.
State TV airs live footage from outside the courtroom with protesters raising banners that depict Mubarak's head surrounded by gallows. The banners read: "Put the serial killer on trial."
10:55 am: Al-Arabiya channel, quoting a source inside the courtroom, reports that Judge Ahmed Refaat refused to enter the courtroom because of lawyers chanting anti-Mubarak slogans in the courtroom.
10:52 am: State TV says the plaintiffs' lawyers are telling the court their demands.
10:40 am: A group of Ultras Ahlawy are playing with firecrackers and chanting anti-Mubarak slogans. Clashes erupted between the ardent football fans and security forces outside the Police Academy. No casualties have been reported so far.
10:30 am: Egypt's flagship paper Al-Ahram reported today that the Interior Ministry has decided to tighten its security measures around Gate 8 of the Police Academy.
10:29 am: State TV reports that five Kuwaiti lawyers are being seen inside the courthouse.
10:26 am: State TV reports that the trial has started.
10:28 am: Verbal clashes erupted in the courtroom between the defendants' lawyers and members of martyrs' families. Judge Ahmed Refaat, according to state TV, refused to enter the courtroom unless lawyers of both sides keep quiet.
10:00 am: Images from state TV show an ambulance carrying Mubarak stopping outside the courtroom, guarded by armed and masked army officers. Mubarak entered a room in the academy and a hospital bed was brought outside the room. Mubarak is seen laying on the bed and wearing a blue Lacoste tracksuit (according to Egyptian law, defendants on trial must be dressed in white).
9:55 am: A plane carrying Mubarak arrives at the Police Academy from the International Medical Center, where the former president is being hospitalized.
9:25 am: Some people are starting to gather around the Police Academy. Eyewitnesses said they are mainly anti-Mubarak protesters; their numbers are much fewer than the previous sessions. Rumors are circulating that a number of ardent football fans, known as the Ultras, may join the crowd to protest what they perceived as police brutality against their members on Tuesday night when Central Security forces chased Ahly fans outside the Cairo Stadium premises after they chanted slogans against Mubarak and Adly.
8:15 am: A team of five Kuwaiti lawyers, who previously announced that they will join the defense team of the ousted president, is being kept in a room close to the courtroom. No information is provided as to whether they will be allowed to enter the courtroom or not.
8:00 am: State TV reports that former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and his six aides, along with Mubarak's sons, arrived at the Police Academy.
7:00 am: Trial of former President Hosni Mubarak is to convene for its fourth session Wednesday morning.
Summary of the 5 September session:
Four policemen took the stand Monday to supposedly testify against Mubarak and his top security officials. However, their testimonies fell short of proving that Mubarak and his notorious former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly did not order the use of weapons against protesters.
The first witness General Hussein Saeed Mohamed Moussa, head of communications for Central Security Forces, said Ahmed Ramzy, former assistant minister for the Central Security Forces, was responsible for the order to arm Central Security Forces with automatic guns.
The courtroom became chaotic after a pro-Mubarak lawyer raised the former president's photo, a move that infuriated the lawyers of the plaintiffs and members of the martyrs’ families.
Outside the court, scores of people were injured in clashes between Mubarak's supporters and anti-Mubarak protesters.
