Arusha — The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Wednesday confirmed the lower court's conviction and 25-year prison sentence on ex-Rwandan military officer Lieutenant Colonel Ephrem Setako for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. It found him guilty on an additional count of murder as a war crime, but said this did not warrant an increase in the sentence.
Setako's own appeal was rejected. The defendant had argued that he should be acquitted owing to inconsistencies in witness testimonies regarding his responsibility in two massacres.
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