Bo Xilai is escorted by court bailiffs after his hearing on August 25. Photo: CCTV

 

Bo Xilai speaks during the fourth day of his trial at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court on August 25. Photo: CCTV

 

Bo Xilai (left) and Wang Lijun (right) on August 24 Photo: Official Weibo of Jinan Intermediate People’s Court

 

Witness Wang Lijun, former vice mayor and police chief of Chongqing Municipality, is cross-examined during the Bo trial on August 24. Photo: Xinhua

 

The villa in France allegedly owned by Bo is displayed in court on August 23. Photo: CCTV

 

Bo Xilai denies knowing the exact amount of the illegally-obtained money his wife and son had spent as he stands trial at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court on August 23. Photo: CCTV

 

Bo's wife Bogu Kailai delivers her testimony and reads that of witness Patrick Devillers in a video from August 10. Video and audio evidence submitted to the court indicated that businessman Xu Ming provided money for Bogu Kailai to buy a villa in France worth over 2.32 million euros ($3.1 million). Photo: CCTV

 

Xu Ming, chairman of Dalian Shide Group, delivers his testimony on August 22. Photo: CCTV

 

Bo's elder brother, Bo Xiyong (sunglasses, center), and Bo's younger brother Bo Xicheng (to right of Xiyong) attend the trial on August 22. Photo: CCTV

 

Attorney He Zhengsheng (black suit), counsel for Neil Heywood's wife Wang Lulu, attends the hearing on August 22. Photo: CCTV

 

A CCTV broadcast during the trial displays submitted courtroom evidence which accuses Bo Xilai of accepting bribes from businessman Tang Xiaolin, general manager of Dalian International Development Co Ltd. According to the indictment, Bo accepted bribes from Tang and Xu Ming, chairman of Dalian Shide Group Co Ltd, totaling about 21.8 million yuan ($3.5 million) to help secure contracts to import cars and build petrochemical projects from 1999 to 2012. Photo: CCTV

 

Journalists take images of the information on the Jinan Intermediate People's Court's official Sina Weibo account on August 22. Photo: Xinhua

 

Journalists take pictures and video of a screen displaying the Jinan Intermediate People's Court's official Sina Weibo account on August 22. Throughout the trial, the Court posted updated information, photos and audio clips of the trial, along with unabridged transcripts of the proceedings. Photo: Xinhua

 

Journalists undergo a security check at the entrance of the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province before the trial of Bo Xilai on August 22. Bo, the 64-year-old former secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a former member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, is currently standing trial at the court for charges of bribery, graft and abuse of power. Photo: Xinhua