IVORY COAST: Prosecutor demands life term for ex-first lady

The prosecutor in Simone Gbagbo’s war crimes trial in Ivory Coast has requested a life jail term for the former first lady. “Gentlemen of the jury, you will declare Madame Gbagbo guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentence her to life imprisonment,” prosecutor Aly Yeo urged in his summing-up at the country’s […]

The prosecutor in Simone Gbagbo’s war crimes trial in Ivory Coast has requested a life jail term for the former first lady.
“Gentlemen of the jury, you will declare Madame Gbagbo guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentence her to life imprisonment,” prosecutor Aly Yeo urged in his summing-up at the country’s top criminal court in Abidjan.
Gabgbo, currently in prison serving a separate 20-year sentence for “endangering state security”, is boycotting the trial. Her defence team was not in court either.
The chief prosecutor described her as a shadowy figure who orchestrated attacks on her husband’s opponents.
Her husband, Laurent Gbagbo, is on trial for crimes against humanity, having been handed over in November 2011 to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.