Judges at a court in the South Sudanese capital Juba have Wednesday adjourned the trial of former first vice-president Dr. Riek Machar and seven co-accused after a technician was taken ill.
Proceedings were suspended after the unnamed court official who should be handling technical equipment required during the session coud not attended due to an unspecified health issue.
The hearing was supposed to witness the presentation by the prosecution of a forensic expert from South Africa as its final witness.
The proceeding would resume on Friday, according to presiding judge James Alala Deng.
“We have resolved that if the screen is not ready, we have to adjourn the session because the testimony should not be distorted, so we are adjourning for Friday,” Deng said.
Eight of the accused including 72-year-old Dr. Machar, 72 are on trial over crimes against humanity following an attack on a military base in Nasir County, Upper Nile State last March.
The attack led to the deaths of Maj. Gen. David Majur Dak and some 250 soldiers, and the crew of a United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) helicopter.