ICC holds status conference in William Ruto's case

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is holding a status conference in the case facing Deputy President William Ruto.

The other co-accused is former Joshua arap Sang.

The status conference is expected to discuss Mr Ruto’s request to have his trial moved to November as well as ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s request to add five witnesses to her list and modalities of the accused’s participation in the trial.

Mr Ruto's lawyer Karim Khan has told Trial Chamber V judges that the deputy president does need not be physically present for the entirety of his trial.

Mr Khan accuses the prosecution of filing late applications and unilaterally withholding evidence, only to "dump it" on the defence.

"Even now, we (defence) do not have complete evidence," Mr Khan has told the court.

Mr Khan has said that some people in the prosecution case are not "desirous of telling the truth but are in it for the money".

Mr Sang's lawyer Katwa Kigen has opposed the prosecution's request to add five witness to its list.

Mr Kigen has said if the court allows the addition of new witnesses, the defence should be allowed more time to interrogate the evidence.