Hosni Mubarak trial ends in chaotic scenes – in pictures

Hosni Mubarak gestures as he is wheeled into an ambulance after the hearing where he was sentenced to life imprisonment for enabling the killing of protesters Photograph: AFP

A Mubarak supporter holds his portrait outside the courthouse in Cairo. The initial euphoria at the verdict gave way to dismay when it emerged Mubarak was convicted on a lesser charge and given a sentence 'wide open' to appeal Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images

A fight breaks out in courtroom Photograph: Reuters

Relatives of people who died during Egypt's revolution demonstrate outside the police academy where Mubarak was on trial Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters

Mubarak supporters outside the police academy Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters

A man runs from riot police during clashes with protesters after the court sentenced Mubarak to life in prison Photograph: Asmaa Waguih/Reuters

Gamal Mubarak, left, and Alaa Mubarak, sons of the former Egyptian president Photograph: Reuters

Egyptians wave posters depicting protesters killed during the Egyptian uprising after the verdict is announced Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP

An Egyptian anti-Mubarak protester during the trial Photograph: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA

Mubarak supporters react after a court sentenced Mubarak to life in prison Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters

Egyptians react to the verdict against their former president Photograph: Fredrik Persson/AP

Riot police stand in front of a protester outside the court Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

Crowds gather after Mubarak was given a life sentence Photograph: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters

Riot police and protesters clash after the sentence Photograph: Asmaa Waguih/Reuters

Egyptians rejoice after hearing the Mubarak verdict on the radio Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

Women at a protest after the verdict in the trial of the former president Photograph: Mohammed Abu Zaid/AP

Presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi demonstrates after hearing the verdict on Mubarak Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters

Protesters gather in Tahrir Square in Cairo after the Mubarak verdict Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

An anti-Mubarak demonstrator holds a noose and scales of justice as he stands in front of the courthouse where the verdict has handed down Photograph: Luca Sola/Corbis

Egyptian riot police stand guard as protesters vent their anger over the Mubarak verdict Photograph: Wissam Nassar/Xinhua Press/Corbis

Pro-Mubarak demonstrators react after the verdict in the Mubarak trial Photograph: Luca Sola/Corbis

Pro-Mubarak demonstrators react after the former president of Egypt was handed a life sentence Photograph: Luca Sola/Corbis

Pro-Mubarak demonstrators stand in front of the courthouse where the verdict was handed down Photograph: Luca Sola/Corbis

An anti-Mubarak demonstrator stands in front of images of anti-government protesters killed in the uprising to topple the former president Photograph: Luca Sola/Corbis

Mubarak is seen in the defendant's cage as the judge reads out the verdict condemning him to life imprisonment Photograph: AFP