Lawyer Paul Gicheru who was a suspect at the International Criminal Court is dead. Gicheru was found dead in his Karen home on Monday night. Gicheru surrendered to the ICC on November 2, 2020, pursuant to an arrest warrant issued on March 10, 2015, by Pre-Trial Chamber II of the ICC. The Kenyan lawyer was accused of offences against the administration of justice by corruptly influencing witnesses of the Court. In March 2015, a warrant of arrest was issued against Gicheru and another Kenyan Philip Kipkoech Bett for allegedly corrupting witnesses.

Source: The Star September 27, 2022 06:21 UTC