Egypt's ousted leader Mohammed Morsi has gone on trial in Cairo, telling the judge the case is illegitimate as he remains president. He and 14 other Muslim Brotherhood figures face charges of inciting the killing of protesters outside the presidential palace in 2012.

After Mr Morsi's remarks and his refusal to wear a uniform, the judge adjourned the trial until 8 January. Protests took place outside the court and elsewhere in Cairo. There was so much noise and disruption during what was at times almost a circus-like hearing that the judge had to adjourn proceedings twice. Mohammed Morsi arrived looking quite relaxed.

He waved at supporters when he came in, he smiled and gave the four-finger salute [used by his supporters]. Almost as soon as the judge began speaking he began interrupting. He shouted out repeatedly, even when his voice was hoarse.

He kept repeating: "This is not a legitimate trial, this trial is part of the coup; the coup itself is a crime." He interrupted the first session at least three times before the judge adjourned. During the second session he interrupted twice saying: "I am the president, I am the president, you have no right to conduct a trial into presidential matters".

He sat quietly during the first break in the trial and was surrounded by some of his fellow defendants, members of the Brotherhood he has not seen since he was removed by the military. He smiled, gesticulated and gave one of them a bear hug. Mr Morsi was ousted by the military in July after protests against his rule. Until now he has been held at a secret military location but the judge announce

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