By Mail Foreign Service Published: 09:35 EST, 4 November 2013 | Updated: 13:01 EST, 4 November 2013 Egypt's deposed president today claimed he was the country's legitimate leader in a defiant court appearance after four months in secret detention. Mohammed Morsi, 62, was flown in by helicopter to the Cairo police academy compound where the trial was being held before being transferred to the courtroom by minibus. He rejected the court's authority to try him and claimed that those that overthrew him should be on trial instead. On trial: Mohammed Morsi stands in the cage in a Cairo courtroom after being flown in from the secret detention centre where he has been held for four months
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Mohammed Morsi has been held in secret prison for four months after coup
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Stood in the dock with 14 other defendants who could all face death penalty
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Former president, 62, claimed that the court had no authority to try him
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While other defendants wore white prison garb, Morsi was in dark suit
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Case was adjourned until January 8 so defence can see case documents
Support: Egyptian students deploy a giant poster depicting Morsi during a protest at @placeholder's university to support him