Focus shifts to ICC judges as Ruto, Sang await fate

Deputy President William Ruto with his co-accused Joshua Sang at the ICC yesterday during the hearing of their no-case-to-answer motion. (PHOTO: BONIFACE THUKU/STANDARD)

All eyes turned to the three judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday as parties and participants in a decisive “half-time” motion wound up their oral submission at The Hague.

The onus of sifting through the arguments exchanged in the last four days now shifts on judges Robert Fremr, Olga Herrera Carbuccia and Chile Eboe-Osuji who must decide the merit of the motion by Deputy President William Ruto and his co-accused Joshua arap Sang.