Appeals Chamber ruling sets stage for collapse of Ruto's ICC case

Deputy President William Ruto (left) with Joshua arap Sang at the ICC

Deputy President William Ruto yesterday edged closer to untangling himself from shackles of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The appeals chamber of the court, the highest authority in the hierarchy of the ICC, overturned an earlier decision of the trial chamber allowing use of prior-recorded testimony in the case.