Court dismisses last Terrain case witness

[Elisabeth Janaina]

Court dismisses last Terrain case witness
Hellen Achayo | August 11, 2017 | 3:32 pm
One of the witnesses, Jesse Onyango, identifying suspects involved in
Terrain Hotel attack - July 4, 2017 | Photo | Emmanuel Akile/Eye Radio

The last witness to the Terrain attack has been dismissed by the
prosecution at the military court after he failed to show up to
testify.

Several witnesses, including the medical director of the Juba Teaching
Hospital, have testified on the case at the court martial.

“The witness who was supposed to attend unfortunately got sick and
transferred outside the country,” Col Santo Domic, Deputy Spokesperson
of the SPLA, has said.

Today’s session was the 12th since the case commenced earlier this
year. The Terrain Hotel was attacked during the violence in Juba in
July 2016.

The accused have been in custody for months now. They are accused of
committing murder, rape, sexual harassment and robbery.

Other charges include destruction of the hotel and criminal trespass.

The victims of rape at the Terrain Hotel are expected to appear before
the military court on August 23.

“One of the victims of rape is going to testify in a closed hearing,”
Col Domic added.