Nairobi, Nov. 4 -- The six witnesses Mr Paul Gicheru is accused of bribing to compromise the International Criminal Court (ICC) trial of Deputy President William Ruto and Mr Joshua arap Sang were central to the case but judges disregarded their testimony when their credibility became questionable.

Records released by The Hague-based court show that one of the key witnesses testified about the purchase of guns, another described constant text messages purportedly sent to coordinate attacks while another revealed training of militia to carry out attacks - claims the prosecution was banking on to support the existence of an organised criminal network, to which Dr Ruto and Mr Sang either belonged or had knowledge of.

The lawyer surrendered to...