Trial of Dagenham based ex-wife of former Liberian president accused of torture is adjourned.
Court artist sketch of Agnes Taylor, the ex-wife of former Liberian president Charles Taylor, appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court earlier this year. Picture: Elizabeth Cook/PA .
The torture trial of the ex-wife of former Liberian president Charles Taylor has been put off until the new year.
University lecturer Agnes Taylor, 52, who now lives in Dagenham, is due to go on trial at the Old Bailey over her alleged involvement in torture during the country’s civil war.
According to the barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk, she faces charges of torture and conspiracy to torture in the west African country between 1989 and 1991.
The defendant, of Kitchener Road, appeared at the Old Bailey via video link from Bronzefield jail before Mr Justice Sweeney.
During the hearing, the senior judge postponed her October trial until January 2019.
A further pre-trial hearing was scheduled for October 3 and will go on for up to eight days.
Taylor, who previously worked as a lecturer and head of department at Coventry University, remains in custody.
Alphonso Toweh
Has been in the profession for over twenty years. He has worked for many international media outlets including: West Africa Magazine, Africa Week Magazine, African Observer and did occasional reporting for CNN, BBC World Service, Sunday Times, NPR, Radio Deutchewells, Radio Netherlands. He is the current correspondent for Reuters
He holds first MA with honors in International Relations and a candidate for second master in International Peace studies and Conflict Resolution from the University of Liberia.
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