Max Pearson
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1,342 appearances
10 recordings
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first heard Dec 2025
last heard 11 Apr
Max Pearson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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plus an extraordinary meeting between Florence Nightingale and the Aga Khan over tea in London in 1898, and the Japanese invasion of northern Malaya in 1941.
But first, in 2008, the former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, faced a UN-backed special court in The Hague accused of war crimes.
It was claimed that he traded in arms and ammunition in return for so-called blood diamonds.
His trial would last more than three years and would include appearances from a film star and a supermodel.
Jane Wilkinson has been hearing from the chief prosecutor, and a warning the evidence presented includes descriptions of violence, rape and sexual assault.
There are times in presenting your evidence, there are moments that you just will never forget.
And one of those was a witness who was among villagers who were lined up by the rebels.
And they were standing in line to be dismembered, basically to have limbs cut off.
And one of the witnesses was praying to God, you know, God help us.
And the commander's reply was, God, there is no God.
I'm God here today.
This is Brenda Hollis, chief prosecutor at the trial held in the UN-backed special court for Sierra Leone, a case that was covered by media around the world, including the BBC.
Prosecutors in The Hague have opened their case against the former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, the first African leader to face trial for international war crimes.
He was charged with acts of terrorism, murder, violence to life, mutilations and beatings, rape...
sexual slavery, conscriptions of child soldiers, enslavement and pillage.
The first evidence was heard in 2008 in front of three judges.
Brenda had spent months preparing.
I was very confident in my team and in my view we had overwhelming evidence to prove Mr Taylor's involvement.
But you know every time you go in court no matter how often you've been in court you feel a little nervous but that's good because it focuses your attention.
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