On Friday, September 25, Judge William Sando refused to recuse himself from the human trafficking case involving fifteen Liberian girls, as requested by the defense representing Lebanese national Abbas El Debes.
Lebanese National in Trafficking Case is Hospitalized
The Lebanese businessman who allegedly trafficked trafficking fifteen Liberian girls to Lebanon, Abbas El Debes, has fallen ill in prison.
Defense Wants Judge Sando to Quit In Trafficking Case
Lawyers representing the Lebanese national Abbas El Debes in the ongoing human trafficking case have filed a motion for Judge William Sando to recuse himself from the trial.
Defense Lawyers In Human Trafficking Case Risk Being Held In Contempt
Defense lawyers representing Abbas El Debes, a Lebanese businessman accused of human trafficking involving fifteen Liberian girls, risk being held in contempt for unjustifiable absences to the court.
Gov’t Lawyers Want Journalists Barred In Trafficked Liberian Girls Case
Lawyers representing the Government of Liberia in the ongoing human trafficking case have asked the eleventh judicial circuit court to bar journalists and the public from the trial proceedings.
Incomplete Jury Leads Court to Suspend Proceedings In Case of Trafficked Girls
Amid the defense team’s request to reduce the police presence, Judge William Sando has suspended proceedings in the human trafficking case involving 14 Liberian girls due to an incomplete jury.
Court Denies Motion to Relocate Defendant In Trafficked Girls’ Case
The Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court has denied a motion from defense lawyers representing defendant Abbas El Debes to have him transferred from the Tubmanburg prison to the Monrovia Central Prison to undergo medical treatment.
Trafficked Liberian Girls Case Postponed Again
The hearing for the alleged human trafficking and gang rape case involving fourteen Liberian girls and Lebanese businessman Abbas El Debes has been postponed for the second time.