Liberia, March 7 -- If that were true he would have been 15 when the crimes for which he was convicted, took place in Lofa in 1993. In France accused perpetrators must be tried in a juvenile court if they were under 18 when the crimes were committed. The French prosecution and the first trial against Kamara were based on the belief that he was 19 when the crimes were committed.

Kunti's older brother Esah Kouyateh traveled from Karnplay to appear by videolink from the French embassy in Monrovia. He told the court, with great certainty, that Kamara had been born in 1978.

"I remember. I was not a child," Kouyateh told the court. Kouyateh said he was born in 1958, making him 20 years of age when he claims Kamara was born, old enough, he cla...