Alieu Kosiah shouts in the Swiss Federal Criminal Court at the start of his trial in December 2020. By James Harding Giahyue, New Narratives Senior Justice Correspondent“The long, unjustified detention of which he has subjected demands compensation,” Dmitri Gianoli, Kosiah’s lawyer, told judges on Thursday in his second day of closing arguments. Plaintiffs are required to claim compensation in a civil action in Switzerland whether or not the accused can pay. Kosiah, 45, faces 25 counts of murder, cannibalism, rape, sexual enslavement, forced transport, looting and recruitment of a child-soldier. “Alieu Kosiah must be acquitted of all charges because he was not there,” he told the three-judge panel hearing the case.

Source: Front Page Africa March 05, 2021 08:48 UTC