A Kenyan lawyer who has been accused of bribing witnesses in a failed International Criminal Court case is set to face trial in The Hague.
The court’s pre-trial chamber revealed yesterday that there were sufficient grounds to bring a case against Paul Gicheru, who handed himself over last November.
He is accused of systematically bribing and intimidating prosecution witnesses in the case that collapsed in 2016 against Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto, an allegation he has severally denied.
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The politician had denied murder, deportation, and persecution charges during violence that followed the 2007 elections in which about 1,200 people were killed.
Africa Daily News, New York understands that the charges against Mr Gicheru relate to eight witnesses.
The lawyer and those working with him are alleged to have identified, contacted, and either offered them payment and/or intimidated them to recant their evidence.
Another case to do with violence following Kenya’s disputed poll in 2007 against current President Uhuru Kenyatta also collapsed.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
