War crimes court hears Taylor appeal

Prosecutors and lawyers defending former Liberian warlord Charles Taylor on Tuesday begin their appeals at Sierra Leone’s UN-backed special court against his 50-year prison sentence for fuelling the west African nation’s civil war.

Prosecutors and lawyers defending former Liberian warlord Charles Taylor on Tuesday begin their appeals at Sierra Leone’s UN-backed special court against his 50-year prison sentence for fuelling the west African nation’s civil war.

HT Image

Appeals judges are to listen to arguments both from prosecutors demanding a heavier sentence and from the former strongman’s lawyers calling for his sentence to be quashed. Both sides will say judges made mistakes in convicting Taylor.