Kenya deputy president excused from ICC trial
Source: Island Packet
In an unprecedented decision, judges at the International Criminal Court excused Kenya's deputy president from his crimes against humanity trial for a week Monday so he could return home to help deal with the mall hostage crisis.
At a hastily arranged hearing, Presiding Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji said William Ruto could leave on a morning flight to Kenya. The hearing was quickly halted and Ruto was ushered from the courtroom to be rushed to the airport.
Ruto is the first such high-ranking politician to go on trial at the court while in office, and even before the trial started this month his defense lawyers had asked judges if he could stay in Kenya for much of the trial to attend to his duties as deputy head of state. Trial judges allowed the move, but prosecutors have appealed the decision, saying Ruto should be present.
Prosecutors did not object to his returning home Monday.
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