Hosni Mubarak and his sons face new trial over embezzlement of £11million

Public prosecutor Ahmed el-Bahrawi also referred two of the former Egyptian president's sons, two government officials and two contractors to stand trial with the ex-leader.The date of the trial is yet to be set.Prosecutors accuse Mubarak and his sons of misappropriating $18million (£11.1million) between 2002 and 2011 to renovate and build homes and offices in seven different areas in Egypt. The four others are accused of helping embezzle the money.Mubarak is already facing a retrial for his alleged role in the killing of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising against him. He is charged with failing to stop the killing of some 900 protesters during the 18-day uprising that toppled his 29-year regime.His sons also face trial on separate corruption charges.He stepped down as president in 2011 after 18 days of demonstrations during the 2011 Egypt revolution. News of the trial comes as Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s deposed president and 14 co-defendants, prominent figures from his Muslim Brotherhood, face charges of inciting the killing of protesters who massed outside the presidential palace in December, demanding he call off a referendum on a new constitution drafted by his Islamist allies.Earlier this month he claimed he was the country's legitimate leader in a defiant court appearance after four months in secret detention.The 62-year-old was flown in by helicopter to the Cairo police academy compound where the trial was being held before being transferred to the courtroom by minibus.He rejected the court's authority to try him and claimed that those that overthrew him should be on trial instead.Brotherhood members attacked a sit-in by the protesters, sparking clashes that left 10 people dead.Morsi said: 'I am the president of the republic and I am here against my will. 'What is happening here is providing cover for the military coup,' he said, as his co-defendants chanted 'down, down with military coup.' Rights advocates have expressed concern about the fairness of the trial as it is taking place in the atmosphere of a widescale crackdown on the Brotherhood and its Islamist allies in which several thousand have been arrested and hundreds killed.(dailymail.co.uk)ANN.Az