Mohamed Morsi will be sent to Borg Al-Arab prison on the outskirts of the city of Alexandria in the north of the country, according to Egypt state TV.

The rest of Morsi's co-defendant's in the trial for inciting violence and murder of opponents in December 2012 will return to Tora prison in south Cairo.

Morsi's trial was adjourned on Monday to 8 January 2014.