Liberia: Court Acquits American Missionary On Trial for Attempted Murder

The courtroom of Criminal Court ‘B’ was a scene of grief and disappointment after Judge Nelson Chinneh acquitted an American missionary, Lucas Richards, who was accused of attempting to murder his Liberian wife Jessica Lloyd in September 2023.

Chinneh who presided over the case as judge and juror, said that throughout the entire proceeding, the prosecution neglected to produce the criminal instruments that were used in the commission of the crimes charged as well as the pieces of evidence that are…