File Photo: Supporters of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak chant slogans in front of Maadi military hospital, in Cairo November 29, 2014 (Photo: Reuters)
Dozens celebrated the 87th birthday of deposed autocratic president Hosni Mubarak outside a military hospital in Cairo's upper-class district of Maadi on Monday.
From a window, Mubarak waved to his supporters, who sang, danced and held up his photo outside the hospital, disrupting traffic. Security forces held minimum presence in the area.
Since his ouster in early 2011 after three decades of rule, Mubarak has stood trial in a number of corruption cases, as well as a case in which he was accused of complicity in killing protesters during the uprising that ousted him.
Mubarak is currently awaiting a 9 May verdict in the retrial of a case in which he is charged with embezzling public funds.
In the "presidential palaces" case, prosecutors accuse him of spending money allocated to renovating presidential palaces on his private residences.
In November 2014, Mubarak was acquitted in the "protester killing" case. On May 7, Egypt's Court of Cassation is to issue its verdict after the prosecution filed an appeal.
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