EGYPT'S MOHAMMED MORSI GOES ON TRIAL

Egypt's ousted ex-President Mohammed Morsi has gone on trial under tight security on the outskirts of Cairo.He and 14 other Muslim Brotherhood figures face charges of inciting the killing of protesters outside the presidential palace in 2012. Shortly after it began, the trial was temporarily halted because of chanting by defendants and Mr Morsi's refusal to wear prison uniform, state TV says.Protests took place outside the court and elsewhere in Cairo.Mr Morsi was ousted by the military in July after protests against his rule.Early on Monday he was airlifted into the sprawling Police Academy compound by helicopter. Other members of the Brotherhood, including Essam el-Erian, Mohammed al-Beltagi and Ahmed Abdel Aatie, were said to have been brought in by armoured personnel carriers.The former president was seen from a distance in civilian clothes, Egyptian radio reported - his first appearance in public since he was deposed on 3 July.As he entered the court, Mr Morsi refused to remove his suit and put on the required prison uniform. State media said this decision as well as the chanting of "illegal, illegal" by the defendants prompted the trial judge to adjourn proceedings temporarily.The former president and his co-defendants had been widely expected to use the occasion to underline what they see as the illegitimacy of his removal from power.The trial had been due to take place at Tora prison on the other side of Cairo but had been switched late on Sunday, apparently to deter protesters.