Uwinkindi Jean, a genocide suspect currently being tried in Rwanda has rejected all counts against him saying that he was arrested for crimes he did not commit arguing that the arrest warrant carried a name of Uwinkindi Jean Bosco not Uwinkindi Jean.
Uwinkindi made the remarks while appearing before Nyarugenge court August 27.
This followed prosecution’s request to keep Uwinkindi in dentention through the course of his trial but Uwinkindi and his lawyers sought for a release saying he was innocent.
Uwinkindi’s lawyers including Gatera Gashabana and Niyibizi Jean Baptiste requested court to release their client saying the names appended on the arrest warrant used to seize Uwinkindi are not the names of their client and thus he should be set free because he is innocent.
The Genocide suspect who had previously refused to say anything in court, later said the Arrest warrant issued by the ICTR in Arusha bore the names of Uwinkindi Jean Bosco yet he is refered to as Uwinkindi Jean.
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