CAIRO - Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak would face the death penalty if convicted of ordering the shooting of protesters during the uprisings that brought him down, the country's new justice minister said on Saturday. Mohamed Al Guindi told the daily Al Ahram that Mubarak, his two sons and wife are also facing allegations of corruption, which he said the former president had made the chief "discourse" of his government. Mubarak, 82, stepped down February 11 after 18 days of sustained protests. He was later placed under arrest after being hospitalised in the resort town of Sharm Al Shaikh for heart problems. At least 846 protesters were killed during the uprising. "Certainly, if convicted for the crime of killing protesters, it could result in the death sentence," said Al Guindi. He added that the key to the case was whether former Interior Minister Habib Al Adly, also under investigation, would testify that Mubarak had given the order to open fire on the protesters. "The only one capable of pardoning Mubarak ... would be the new president," said Al Guindi. "If I were the president, I will not pardon him for killing 800 martyrs."