Egypt’s ailing former president, Hosni Mubarak, lay on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom today as his historic trial began on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising which ousted him.

Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak left hospital today, bound for his trial in Cairo.

Hosni Mubarak is preparing to face trial tomorrow on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the 18-day Egyptian uprising that toppled him.