Monrovia - Ahead of his much publicized trial slated for Friday, February 17, former House Speaker Alex Tyler has requested the Criminal Court ‘C’ at the Temple of Justice to deny and dismiss the amended indictment of the Special Presidential Taskforce against him. The Special Presidential Task Force, on February 8 amended its May 2016 indictment which charged Tyler and other government officials of multiple criminal offences including bribery, economic sabotage, criminal conspiracy, facilitation and solicitation. In the previous indictment, it was alleged that the defendant received US$75k in bribes from Sable Mining. The amended indictment stated that the defendant asked for US$250k in bribes but was given only 75k. Presiding Judge Yarmie Gbeisay is to hold argument pros and cons into the motion to amend indictment and its subsequent resistance on Thursday at the Criminal Court “C” at 10:a.m.

Source: Front Page Africa February 16, 2017 03:09 UTC