Monrovia – Agnes Reeves Taylor, ex-wife of former Liberian President Charles Taylor has been denied bail ahead of a war crime related trial slated for October 2018. Agnes Reeves Taylor, who has two daughters and a granddaughter living in the UK, appeared at the Old Bailey by video link from prison for a short administrative hearing. Charles Taylor was jailed for 50 years in 2012 for war crimes after a UN-backed tribunal in The Hague. A final peace agreement led to the election of Taylor as President of Liberia in 1997. Like Agnes Reeves Taylor Former Defense Minister of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), Mr. Thomas Woewiyu’s criminal case has been assigned for Monday, February 26, 2018 by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Source: Front Page Africa December 20, 2017 02:26 UTC