Matthew Ryder QC and Michelle Butler, together with Steven Powles of Doughty Street Chambers, were part of a team working with Kenyan lawyers representing former Kenyan minister for Industrialisation, Mr Henry Kosgey, who faced allegations of crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
After hearing evidence and submissions from lawyers for the Prosecution, and Mr Kosgey in September 2011, the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber on the 23rd January 2012 decided not to confirm the charges against Mr Kosgey.
In the course of its reasoning the Pre-Trial Chamber noted that the Prosecutor’s evidence had failed to satisfy the evidentiary threshold required and that it was not persuaded of Mr. Kosgey’s alleged role.
In the same decision, the charges against Mr Kosgey's two co-suspects, Mr Ruto (a Kenyan Presidential candidate and Minister for Higher Education) and Mr Sang (a radio broadcaster and media executive), were confirmed by the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber.
Full ICC decision available here.
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