In a significant ruling, a judge in Philadelphia today ordered their leader, Mohammed Jabbateh, AKA Jungle Jabbah, to spend 30 years in prison for those crimes. Report By Jackson Kanneh in Philadelphia, James Harding Giahyue at "Jungle Jabbah" Bridge in Gbarplou and Tecee Boley at Lofa Bridge, Cape MountJabbateh, now 51, has become the first Liberian to be tried and convicted for crimes committed during Liberia’s civil war. Judge Paul S. Diamond, said Jabbateh’s crimes were “egregious”. Rather, I am departing based on the egregiousness of his lies... and their effect on our asylum laws and immigration system." The George Weah administration should listen to them now, take steps towards establishing war crimes courts in Liberia.”Woewiyu’s trial will begin in Philadelphia on June 11.

Source: Front Page Africa April 20, 2018 00:11 UTC