Kenya: Paul Gicheru - the Untold Story of the Man Facing Trial At the Hague

Before Eldoret-based lawyer Paul Gicheru lurched into William Ruto's case at the International Criminal Court, the former prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, had pegged her hopes on several key prosecution witnesses.

Then Mr Gicheru embarked on what the ICC calls the "witness corruption scheme", and soon witnesses started withdrawing in quick succession. Some recanted their statements. Others disappeared.

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