Trial Monitoring

Special Court for Sierra Leone, AFRC Trial, Update 81

July 07, 2006
Author(s)
Kiran Grewal
Special Court for Sierra Leone, AFRC Trial, Update 81
Publication Documents
Case or Series

AFRC Trial

Case or Series

Special Court for Sierra Leone

Country

Sierra Leone

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English

This week saw the conclusion of the Prosecution’s cross-examination of the First Accused. The proceedings were adjourned on Thursday due to a lack of availability of defence witnesses.

The Prosecution, through its cross-examination of the First Accused has put that the First Accused was only detained for a brief period in Colonel Eddie Town by his own troops but was released by SAJ Musa and served as SAJ Musa’s second in command, leading troops in Colonel Eddie Town. The Prosecution disputed the First Accused’s account of being threatened and shot by Junior Lion, another soldier from the Sierra Leonean Army and a West Side Boy. It was put to the First Accused that he had fabricated the story of being shot by Junior Lion because the latter had testified on behalf of the Prosecution and given damning evidence against the First Accused.