00:00The four-week Paris appeal trial of an accused Franco-Rwandan genocidaire started hearing closing arguments on Wednesday.
00:08Experts testified that Claude Muhayymana is of sound mind and not easily influenced.
00:15It's an important point for the civil parties to establish, as it undermines the defence position that the former driver
00:23acted under duress.
00:24Muhayymana is accused of transporting Hutu killers to massacre sites during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
00:33He was sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2021, but was released a year later pending his appeal.
00:40The defence has pointed to a lack of evidence against Muhayymana.
00:44It's also questioned whether it's fair to ascribe responsibility to any individual amid so many collective massacres.
00:52Muhayymana has accused Rwandan authorities of scapegoating him because he refused to testify against French troops deployed to the country
01:02during the genocide.
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