Liberia: Kofa, Others Suffer Legal ‘Head Butt’

There appears to be no light at the end of the legal tunnel for former House Speaker Cllr. Jonathan Fonati Koffa and his co-defendants in the Capitol Building arson trial, after the Supreme Court of Liberia head butted them and denied another defense petition last week.

The ruling leaves the high-profile case to proceed in Criminal Court “A”, where the defense is now pinning its hopes on what it calls “glaring deficiencies” in the prosecution’s case.

A core part of the defense strategy is the lack…