Hosni Mubarak’s murder and corruption trial has generating a mixture of excitement and regret among the Egyptians who overthrew the veteran President.

“He’s like all men, he must be judged for his crimes,” said Hussein Sabra, a shoeshiner in Cairo’s middle-class neigbourhood of Dokki.

The trial of Mr Mubarak and his two sons Alaa and Gamal is a source of friction between activists who demanded justice for his abuses and the military which took over after his resignation on February 11.

“He abused the power that people entrusted him with,” said Duaa Helmy, one of the protesters in the square.

Mr Mubarak’s assets may have been frozen but his fortune remains unknown, despite mounting calls for disclosure.

“Where are the millions? We want our stolen money back,” she said. Many believe the money the Mubaraks allegedly spirited out of the country will come back only when he is found guilty.

But others believe the elderly and ailing former President has already suffered enough indignity, and that perhaps the country was better off under him.

Key events since the fall of the Egyptian President

February

11: After daily mass protests and deaths in clashes with security forces and regime loyalists, Hosni Mubarak steps down and leaves Cairo for Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea.

13: The army suspends the Constitution and says it will rule Egypt for six months, at which point elections will take place.

March

11: Four top members of the Mubarak regime are jailed on charges of ordering security forces to shoot protesters during the revolution, which left 846 people dead and 6,000 injured.

15: The army disbands the former regime’s hated security police.

19: Voters approve the proposed new Constitution, with 77.2 per cent voting “yes.”

30: The military regime announces a parliamentary election for September, to be followed by a Presidential ballot one or two months later.

April

13: Authorities say Mr Mubarak and his two sons have been detained for 15 days as part of an inquiry into the January-February events. The former President is reported to have suffered heart problems during questioning.

16: The Higher Administrative Court dissolves Mr Mubarak’s National Democratic Party and orders the seizure of its assets.

May

7: Fifteen die and 200 injured as Muslims and Christians clash in Cairo.

17: Suzanne Mubarak, the wife of the ex-President, is freed after remitting her assets to the state.

June

6: The Muslim Brotherhood’s new political party is declared legal.

22: The Muslim Brotherhood joins forces with 17 other parties, including liberal and secular groups.

28: A Cairo court orders the dissolution of local councils whose representatives were elected under Mr Mubarak’s regime.

29: 1,036 are injured in clashes between protesters and anti-riot police in Cairo’s Tahrir Square.

July

5: A former minister is sentenced in absentia to five years in jail and three others are acquitted in corruption trials.

7: The public prosecutor refers 25 people to trial for murder during one of the most bloody days of the uprising.

13: The ruling military council seeks to placate protesters by announcing the sacking of hundreds of police officers and a delay of parliamentary elections.

15: Thousands rally across Egypt, capping a week of nationwide sit-ins to demand political change as anger grows with the military rulers.

17: Mr Mubarak is in a coma, state TV cites his lawyer as saying, a report denied by the health ministry.

19: Mr Mubarak has an abnormal heart rhythm and sometimes falls unconscious, the official Mena news agency reports.

21: A sweeping Cabinet reshuffle fails to appease protesters as it retains several ministers they want sacked.

23: Fierce clashes take place between protesters angry at the military’s handling of the transition from Mr Mubarak’s regime and army loyalists.

25: A Cairo court decides to merge the trials of Mr Mubarak and ex-Interior Minister Habib al-Adly as former premier Ahmed Nazif is charged with corruption.

27: Mr Mubarak refuses food and has become extremely weak, state media report.

29: Hundreds of thousands of Islamists pack Cairo’s Tahrir Square, in the biggest gath-ering since Mr Mubarak’s fall.