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THE STANDARD By
Evelyn Kwamboka |
December 24th 2020 at 18:04:27 GMT +0300
Appeal rejected: Lawyer Paul Gicheru. [File, Standard]
Efforts by Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and a Kenyan accused before the international court to stop tactics being used to appeal against one judge hearing the case have been thwarted.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) allowed the Office of Public Counsel for the Defence (OPCD) to challenge the decision on one judge instead of three hearing a case at pre-trial stage, since it constitutes a significant precedent for any future proceedings to be conducted on this basis.
Judge Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapin-Gansou told Bensouda and Lawyer Paul Gicheru that OPCD has standing due to its mandate to protect the rights of any other potential suspects in the case in which Gicheru is charged in connection with interfering with the prosecution’s witnesses.
THE STANDARD By
Everlyne Kwamboka |
December 22nd 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Lawyer Paul Gicheru.
A legal battle is looming between a lawyer who surrendered himself to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Office of the Public Counsel for Defence.
Lawyer Paul Gicheru has opposed a move by the OPCD led by Xavier-Jean Keita to appeal against the court’s decision that allowed one judge to hear the case in which he is accused of interfering with the ICC prosecution witnesses.
Through his lawyer Michael Karnavas, Gicheru wants the court to deny OPCD a chance to appeal on grounds that lawyer Philip Bett, who is still on the run, is not party to the case and would not suffer since the single judge’s decision does not preclude further challenges on applicability of the law that requires three judges to hear cases.