Philadelphia, PA - A Federal Judge on Wednesday announced a new date to begin the Tom Woewiyu immigration fraud trial, two years after the U. S. charged him for perjury. The judge denied pushing back the trial further into the fall, an extension both the government and defense counsels had requested. “I find that June is a sufficient time for counsels to begin this trial. Therefore, I’ll set June 11 to begin the trial,” ordered Judge Anita Brody. “Hopeful is a better word,” said Mark Wilson, a senior trial counsel and community defender, who took on Woewiyu’s case last September.

Source: Front Page Africa February 16, 2018 22:52 UTC