The trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resumes on Tuesday with the ousted leader faces death penalty.

The trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resumes on Tuesday with the ousted leader facing death penalty.

Prosecution has been calling for Mubarak to be hanged for killing hundreds of pro-democracy protesters during the uprising which had ousted him last February.

Egyptian television showed Mubarak, his eyes shielded by dark sunglasses, lying on a stretcher and under a blanket being pushed into the court where it said the trial got underway shortly after 10:00 am (0800 GMT).

The defense team headed by attorney Farid al-Deeb said it requested five days to challenge a call for the execution of Mubarak who was ousted from power in February last year after an 18-day popular revolt.

Chief prosecutor Mustafa Suleiman said at a previous hearing the ailing 83-year-old Mubarak must have ordered police to open fire on protesters during violence which left more than 850 people dead.
Mubarak "must have agreed on the killings," Suleiman told the court on January 5, explaining that co-defendant and former interior minister Habib al-Adly would have given the orders to police commanders to fire on protesters.

Six senior Adly aides are also being tried in the case while Mubarak's two sons, Gamal and Alaa, are on trial with their father on separate charges of corruption in the same court.