Afrigather The Worldwide Prison Court docket within the Hague has stated it should finish all proceedings in opposition to the Kenyan lawyer, Paul Gicheru, following his loss of life two weeks in the past.
Gicheru had been accused by ICC prosecutors of working an “egregious and damaging” witness tampering scheme that made it inconceivable to pursue allegations in opposition to President William Ruto over post-election violence in Kenya in 2007 and 2008.
Prosecutors alleged he paid bribes of as much as $8,300 {dollars} and threatened the security of ICC witnesses, one in all them at gunpoint.
The trial opened in February and Gicheru denied the fees.
Prosecutors accomplished their proof on the finish of March.
In the meantime, Kenyan police stated they had been investigating Gicheru’s loss of life, which apparently occurred after he had a meal together with his household nearly three weeks in the past.
His son was taken to hospital complaining of abdomen pains following their meal collectively.
The disputed 2007 vote in Kenya was adopted by the worst post-electoral violence within the nation’s historical past and left 1,100 folks useless.
