ICC / BEMBA

The International Criminal Court (ICC) sentenced former Congolese vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba today to an additional year in prison and a fine of 300,000 Euros to be served consecutively to his existing 18-year sentence. ICC / UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:22
• Production Date: 22 March 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT - ICC
• Subject Topical: JUSTICE
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
• MAMS Id: 1853935
• Parent Id: 1853935
• Alternate Title: unifeed170322e

Description

STORY: ICC / BEMBA
TRT: 02:22
SOURCE: ICC
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 22 MARCH 2017, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

Shotlist

FILE - THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

1. Pan left, International Criminal Court exterior
2. Close up, International Criminal Court sign

22 MARCH 2017, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

3. Wide shots, judges walking to dais
4. Wide shot, court room
5. Med shot, judges on dais
6. Wide shot, legal defence teams
7. Close up, Bertram Schmitt
8. Wide shot, Bemba legal defence team
9. Close up, ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda
10. Wide shot, legal defence teams
11. Close up, Jean-Pierre Bemba
12. Wide shot, prosecution team
13. Wide shot, Fidèle Babala Wandu standing
14. Close up, Narcisse Arido listening to sentencing
15. Wide shot, judges on dais
16. Med shot, Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo listening to sentencing
17. Med shot, Aimé Kilolo Musamba standing
18. Med shot, Jean-Pierre Bemba
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Bertram Schmitt, presiding judge, International Criminal Court (ICC):
“Now, Mr. Bemba please stand up. Taking into account the all of the above factors the Chamber imposes on your, Mr. Bemba, an additional joint sentence of 12 months, one year, imprisonment. The chamber does not consider it appropriate that this term be served concurrently with your existing sentence as the offenses are not related. Therefore, the Chamber orders that the sentence be served consecutively to your existing sentence.”
20. Various shots, Jean-Pierre Bemba
21. Various shots, judges leaving court room

Storyline

The International Criminal Court (ICC) sentenced former Congolese vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba today (22 Mar) to an additional year in prison and a fine of 300,000 Euros to be served consecutively to his existing 18-year sentence.

Bemba and four close aides were found guilty in October of bribing witnesses during his trial for war crimes for which he is currently serving 18 years in prison. He had been found guilty for commanding a militia that went on a deadly rampage in the Central African Republic in 2002-2003 and was appealing the court’s decision.

Fidèle Babala Wandu and Narcisse Arido were also sentenced to six and eleven months respectively, however the court considered the sentence of imprisonment as served as since the imposed sentence was less or equal to the time they served in detention from November 2013 to October 2014.

Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo was sentenced to two years, but the sentence was suspended and will not take effect unless he commits another offence anywhere that is punishable with imprisonment. The same applied for Aimé Kilolo Musamba’s two and a half year sentence so long as his 30,000 Euro fine was paid within three months.

The fines imposed by the Court will ultimately be transferred to the Trust Fund for Victims.