Cairo - Egypt's imprisoned ousted President Mohammed Morsi has met with a team of lawyers who seek to defend him in his ongoing trial on charges of inciting murder.

ceoafrica gathered that the deposed leader, who wants to defend himself, has not yet agreed to let the team represent him but Rather discussed taking legal action against others .

Morsi has been held in a secret location since his removal on 3 July, and was transferred to a high security prison in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria after the opening session of his trial on 4 November. He had so far declined legal representation.

The defence team spoke to him briefly during the trial, held in a police academy in eastern Cairo.

Even though Egypt is highly polarized and the army enjoys strong support, Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood has struck a consistently defiant tone, holding regular protests to oppose what they term an illegitimate coup. Morsi's trial strategy seems in line with the group's overall line of resisting the new political order at every turn.

In the opening session of his trial, his first public appearance since his ouster, Morsi called the process illegitimate, saying the panel of judges didn't have jurisdiction to try a president. He repeatedly insisted he remains the country's leader and called his trial a "cover for a military coup".

The trial was adjourned to 8 January. At the next session, Morsi is expected to tell the court whether he will accept the defence team assembled by the Muslim Brotherhood to represent the ousted president and his co-defendants.