Bad weather grounds Morsi as murder trial set to resume
CAIRO, Jan 08 (Reuters) – police official says Morsi has not arrived because of weather
The murder trial of Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi was set to resume on Wednesday but poor weather prevented his transport to the Cairo court, police said.
Toppled by the military in July, Morsi is charged with inciting the killings of opposition activists in clashes outside the presidential palace in December 2012.
Nasr al-Abd, a senior police official in Alexandria, told AFP Morsi's helicopter had not taken off from his prison near the Mediterranean city due to poor weather conditions.
He said Morsi may be transported to the court if the weather improved.
State television and police officials had earlier said Morsi landed at the police academy outside Cairo where he is being tried.
Police arrested several of Morsi's supporters who showed up outside the police academy where he is being tried, and fired tear gas to disperse Islamist protesters in a north Cairo neighbourhood, police officials and an AFP correspondent said.
Morsi used his first court appearance on November 4 for a show of defiance from the caged dock, insisting he was still the legitimate president.
He and his co-defendants had repeatedly interrupted the proceedings with chants and impromptu speeches.
He is on trial with 14 co-defendants, including former presidential aides and leaders of his
Police arrested several of Morsi's supporters who showed up outside the police academy where he is being tried, and fired tear gas to disperse Islamist protesters in a north Cairo neighbourhood
Muslim Brotherhood movement.
He and his co-defendants are being tried in a makeshift court room inside a police academy outside Cairo, the same venue being used for the trial of his deposed predecessor Hosni Mubarak on similar charges.