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6 Before: Registrar: Date: THE TRIAL CHAMBER J.1dge Bankole Thompson, Presiding Judge ].1dge Benjamin Mutanga Itoe J.1dge Pierre Boutet Robin Vincent 27'
h day of January,
2004 PROSECUTOR against ISSA HASSAN SESAY (Case No.SCSL-2003-05-PT) ALEX TAMBA BRIMA (Case No.SCSL-2003-06-PT) MORRIS KALLON (Case No.SCSL-2003-07-PT) AUGUSTINE GBAO (Case No.SCSL-2003-09-PT) BRIMA BAZlY KAMARA (Case No.SCSL-2003-10-PT) SANTIGIE BORBOR KANU (Case No.SCSL-2003-13-PT) DECISION AND ORDER ON PROSECUTION MOTIONS FOR JOINDER Office of the Prosecutor: Luc Cote Robert Petit Boi-Tia Stevens Defence Counsel for Issa Hassan Sesay: Timothy Clayson Wayne Jordash Abdul Serry Kamal Defence Counsd for Alex Tamba Brima: Defence Counsel for Morris Kallon: Terenee Terry Karim Khan \ James Oury Steven Powles Melron Nicol-Wilson SCSL-2003-05 PT;
SCSL-2003-06-PT;
SCSL-2003-07-PT;
SCSL-2003-09-PT;
SCSL-2003-10-PT;
SCSL-2003-13-PT Defence Counsc1for Augustine Gbao: Girish Thanki Andreas O'
Shea Ken Carr Defence Counsel for Brima Bazzy Kamara: Ken Fleming C.A. Osho Williams Defence Counsel for Santigie Borbor Kanu: Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops THE SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE ( Special Court ), SITTING as the Trial Chamber composed of Judge Bankole Thompson, Presiding Judge, Judge Benjamin Mutanga ltoe and Judge Pierre Boutet ( Chamber );
BEING SEIZED of six (6) motions filed by the Office of the Prosecutor ( Prosecution ) on
9 October
2003 for joinder of the trials of the Accused in Prosecutor v. lssa Hassan Sesay (Case No.SCSL-2003-05-PT), Prosecutor v. Alex Tamba Brima (Case No.SCSL-2003-06-PT), Prosecutor v. Mor:・is Kallon (Case No.SCSL-2003-07-PT), Prosecutor v. Augustine Gbao (Case No.SCSL-2003-C9PT) Prosecutor v. Brima BazZY Kamara (Case No.SCSL-2003-10-PT), and Prosecutor v. Sant1gie Borbor Kanu (Case No.SCSL-2003-13-PT) ( Motions );
NOTING THAT Counsel for lssa Hassan Sesay filed a Response on
18 November
2003 to which the Prosecution filed a Reply on
21 November 2003;
NOTING ALSO THAT Counsel for Alex Tamba Brima filed a Response on
15 October
2003 to which the Prosecution filed a Reply on
17 October 2003;
NOTING ALSO THAT Counsel for Morris Kallon did not file a Response;
NOTING ALSO THAT Counsel for Augustine Gbao filed a Response on
31 October 2003;
NOTING ALSO THAT Counsel for Santigie Borbor Kanu filed a Response on
16 October 2003, to which the Prosecution filed a Reply on
20 October 2003;
NOTING ALSO THAT Counsel for Brima Bazzy Kamara filed a Response on
18 November 2003, to which the Prosecution filed a Reply on
20 November 2003;
NOTING FURTHER THAT on
2 December
2003 the Chamber heard oral arguments from the parties, CONSIDERING THE SUBMISSIONS AND ARGUMENTS OF THE PARTIES
2 SCSL-2003-05-PT;
SCSL-2003-06-PT;
SCSL-2003-07-PT;
SCSL-2003-09-PT;
SCSL-2003-10-PT;
SCSL-2003-13-PT i I. THE MOTIONS A. The Pro:;
ecution Submissions 1. Pursuant to Rule
73 and Rule
48 (B) of the Rules, the Prosecution seeks that the Accused Issa Hassan Sesay, Alex Tamba Brima, Morris Kallon, Augustine Gbao, Brima Baz~i Kamara and Santigie Kanu be jointly tried for the following reasons: , I , (i) The circumstances ofthis case meet the requirements for ;