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Kenya: Second Prosecution Witness in Gicheru’s ICC Trial to Testify

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Nairobi — The second prosecution witness in the International Criminal Court (ICC) trial of lawyer Paul Gicheru in the Hague was on Monday expected to take the stand.

The witness will give an account of events on how Gicheru approached him to withdraw his testimony in what the Prosecution said was an attempt to sabotage the case involving Deputy President William Ruto and journalist Joshua Arap Sang.

Gicheru’s trial started on February 15, 2022, where he denied all the charges of witness tampering through bribery and intimidation.

The first witness who took the stand testified how he was approached several times with bribery offers so as to withdraw his cooperation from the court.

He was however taken into task by Gicheru’s defense team to authenticate his testimony.

The Defense Attorney Michael Karnavas who carried out the cross-examination on Wednesday poked holes into his statement, severally referring to him as a liar.

The prosecution, during its opening remarks, explained how Gicheru tried to bribe and intimidate prosecution witnesses, so as to withdraw their assistance from the court.

The prosecution said they will be presenting evidence of phone records and transactions to confirm that Gicheru acted to prevent witnesses from testifying and coerced them to recant their statements.

“Witness evidence will show bank statements, depositing large sums of money into witnesses’ bank accounts,” the prosecution said.