Posts Tagged ‘re-examination’


March 19, 2010

Lubanga Trial Hears That Intermediary Coached Prosecution Witness

By Wairagala Wakabi

A former prosecution witness who told court last June that he had lied to investigators of the International Criminal Court (ICC) this week took the witness stand once again and stated that an intermediary of the court’s prosecution investigators cooked up lies which he in turn fed to the investigators. The witness added, however, that…

March 18, 2010

Witness Says Court Officials Ignored Him

By Wairagala Wakabi

A witness today told the Thomas Lubanga trial that some officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC) repeatedly ignored him when he sought means of confessing that he had told lies to the court prosecution’s investigators. ‘Witness 15’, as he was referred to in court, was originally a prosecution witness. But when he testified briefly…

February 16, 2010

Lubanga Trial Adjourned Over Transcription Problems

By Wairagala Wakabi

The Thomas Lubanga trial today took an early adjournment after the defense noted that there were mistakes in the English transcript of the testimony of the fourth defense witness. Catherine Mabille, the lead defense attorney, asked for the adjournment, and Judge Adrian Fulford granted it about two hours before the time court was scheduled to…