(5 Jun 2002)
**TOKO: QUALITY AS INCOMING**
June 5, 2002
1. Various exteriors of court house
2. Arrival of Sankoh's two daughters
3. Daughter outside court
4. Various of people waiting outside
5. Vehicle pulls up outside court
6. Sankoh getting out of vehicle and being led into court
7. Sixteen other people also charged arriving
8. Sankoh leaving court
9. Sankoh being put into vehicle
10. Sankoh in vehicle with police
11. Vehicle drives away
12. Various of people outside court
13. Women leaving court
14. Sixteen other people charged leaving court
15. Sankoh daughters leaving court
AP STILLS
FILE - May 17, 2000
16. Various stills of Sankoh in custody
17. Soldier who captured Sankoh, known as "Scorpion", being congratulated by crowd (he became a national hero)
18. AP photos of captured Sankoh being sold on street as mementos
FILE - May 8, 2000
19. Various of protest
20. Sign reading "Sankoh Must Go"
21. Rebels with with guns face crowd and UN soldiers try to keep protesters back
22. Sankoh walking into his house
23. Protesters running away as they are fired upon
24. Sankoh saying how the protest is an "unacceptable" provocation
25. UN soldiers holding angry protesters back
STORYLINE:
Sierra Leone's once mighty and long-feared rebel leader, Foday Sankoh, has appeared in the High Court in Freetown to face murder charges.
Sankoh was joined by 16 other rebels who were charged with the deaths of 20 peace protesters outside his house in Freetown in May 2000 after they had marched through the streets demanding an end to his Revolutionary United Front.
As U-N peacekeepers tried to keep the angry crowd from reaching Sankoh's house, rebel fighters standing behind the troops fired through the U-N ranks, spraying the crowd with automatic weapons fire and rocket-propelled grenades.
Sankoh's capture in a shoot-out later that month sparked celebrations throughout war ravaged Sierra Leone. The soldier who shot him, leading to his capture, became a national hero.
Associated Press photo's taken of Sankoh in custody were sold on the streets as mementos.
Since his capture he has been detained by police.
In freetown on Wednesday, crowds awaited Sankoh's arrival outside the court. His case, which has already been adjourned several times, was again postponed, with prosecutors saying they needed more time to detain yet more people.
The trial will resume in mid July.
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