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Lawyer surrenders, accused of bribing witnesses in ICC case against Kenya VP

Lawyer surrenders, accused of bribing witnesses in ICC case against Kenya VP

A lawyer turned himself in to Dutch authorities to face accusations at the International Criminal Court of bribing witnesses in a trial of Kenyan Vice President William Ruto which collapsed four years ago. Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru was wanted on an ICC arrest warrant dating from 2015 that accused him of trying to bribe six prosecution witnesses to recant testimony in the case. Ruto and his co-accused, broadcaster Joshua Sang, were both charged with fomenting ethnic violence after a disputed 2007 election when 1,200 people died. Judges ruled in 2016 that they had no case to answer, although they left…
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