Charles Taylor September 19, 2008March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay Morning Session: Defense Continues Cross-Examination of Alex Sheku Bao The Hague September 19, 2008 This morning Defense Counsel Morris Anyah continued his cross-examination of Prosecution Witness 41, TF1-122, Alex Sheku Bao. He is the first witness in this trial…
Charles Taylor August 27, 2008March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay Cross-examination of Witness TF1-375 continues …disagreed with the interview note that stated he was “best friends” with Jungle in 1998. The Witness confirmed the following statements from earlier interviews: · There was constant in-fighting between…
Charles Taylor August 21, 2008March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay Witness, Former Mining commander, Continues Testimony Witness TF1-367 continued his testimony. The Prosecution asked the Witness about his role as mining commander in Kono. Witness responded that he was in that role for 1998-2000, with an…
Charles Taylor August 20, 2008March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay First afternoon session: witness examination continues (TF1-367) …Sierra Leone had been opened) with a truck with ammunition. The truck had come from Liberia. On Jungle’s relation to Sam Bockarie, the witness stated that they were best friends…
Charles Taylor July 20, 2008March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay Special Court for Sierra Leone: Judicial Recess The Special Court for Sierra Leone will observe its annual Judicial Recess effective July 21, 2008. Hearing in the Charles Taylor case will resume at 9:30 a.m. on Monday August…
Charles Taylor June 30, 2008March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay Change of Blogging Format from Unofficial Transcripts to Daily Summaries We wish to inform our numerous readers that we are changing the daily blogging format from the “Unofficial Transcripts” that we have always put out to that of the “Daily…
Charles Taylor June 23, 2008March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay Prosecution calls Witness TF1-375 …became my best friend. He was like a older brother to me I was with him until his death. Pros: How did he get the ammunition? Wit: The first time…
Charles Taylor June 23, 2008March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay Court resumes session: Examination of witness TFI-584 continues 10.00-12.00 (with 30 minutes delay in video and audio) Open session Presiding Judge Doherty: Good morning , I note some changes in prosecution? Santoro for the prosecution: We are here…
Charles Taylor June 16, 2008March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay Defense Continues Cross Examination of TF1 590 …position Wit: I ‘m smart and I had a bit of money Def: so you became the “Rockefeller” of Vongima? Wit: I was not the best. Def: Def: Did you…
Charles Taylor June 6, 2008March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay Cross-examination of Witness Albert Hindowa Saidu continues …don’t know. They know best when they occupied the border, the time when I knew they were occupying the border was between 1992 and 1993, when they were being pushed…