{"id":42925,"date":"2026-02-15T14:54:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T12:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=42925"},"modified":"2026-02-15T14:54:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T12:54:27","slug":"court-adjourns-session-over-inconsistencies-in-experts-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/15\/court-adjourns-session-over-inconsistencies-in-experts-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Adjourns Session Over Inconsistencies in Expert\u2019s Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Yiep Joseph<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nThe special court trying suspended First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar and seven co-accused has adjourned its session over inconsistencies in an expert\u2019s report.<br \/>\nThe last prosecution witness, Ratlhogo Peter Calvin, a digital forensic expert who investigated the electronic equipment collected from the accused, presented a report to the court during the previous session.<br \/>\nHowever, during the presentation of the document to the court, the defense team later discovered irregularities after they were given a chance to go through the report.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, during the 51st session on Friday, the judges cited a similar concern, noting inconsistencies in the document presented to them.<br \/>\nThe judges then requested to sit down with both the defense and prosecution teams to arrange the document presented by the digital expert.<br \/>\nPresiding Judge Dr. James Alala Deng adjourned the session to Monday, citing that the files submitted by the prosecution witness were improperly arranged.<br \/>\nHe added that the adjournment would give the court time to organize the documents and pave the way for the upcoming session meant for the cross-examination of the last prosecution witness, the expert.<br \/>\nOn his part, Judge Stephen Simon Isaac, a member of the three-judge panel, added that the court had adjourned proceedings to Monday, February 16, 2026, to allow time for reviewing and rearranging the documents.<br \/>\n\u201cThis session was fixed for the defence to cross-examine the witness, but for some reason, we can\u2019t go ahead with cross-examination because of some complication in the document,\u201d Stephen said.<br \/>\nDeng John Deng, Machar\u2019s lawyer, previously said there were discrepancies in the pages and content between the original document and the copy.<br \/>\nOn Friday, during the 48th court session, a South African digital forensic investigator and expert, Ratlhogo Peter Calvin, displayed WhatsApp conversations extracted from the phones of some of the accused.<br \/>\nDuring the sessions, the witness concluded with a display of WhatsApp communications extracted for the first accused, Puot Kang and other accused<br \/>\nDr. Machar and his SPLA-IO co-accused face charges including murder, conspiracy, terrorism, treason, destruction of public property, and crimes against humanity.<br \/>\nProsecutors allege that SPLA-IO forces, allied with the White Army, killed 257 soldiers, including commander David Majur Dak, and destroyed or seized military equipment valued at about $58 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Yiep Joseph The special court trying suspended First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar and seven co-accused has adjourned its session over inconsistencies in an expert\u2019s report. 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