An Egyptian court set a June 3 date to issue a verdict on the case of prominent blogger and activist Ahmed Douma, who has been accused of insulting the president and disrupting public order on Monday.

The court also order his continued detention until the verdict's session.

During the second hearing of his trial on Monday, Douma said it was not his intent to insult the president, but he was rather expressing his political opinion that "President Mohamed Mursi had lost his legitimacy and was directly responsible for the killing of protesters as the chief of the executive authority."

Douma, who has pleaded not guilty, was transferred from Damanhour to Cairo on Sunday evening upon an order by the Justice Minister.

A prosecutor has ordered that Douma be detained pending investigations over allegations of spreading false information likely to harm the public interest and slandering the Islamist president.

The activist had called Mursi a "criminal, murderer, and a fugitive from justice" on satellite channels.