The International Court of Justice has failed to stop France from putting on trial the vice President of Equatorial Guinea.The top United Nations court says it lacks jurisdiction against the case.Teodorin Obiang Nguema is facing corruption charges. France is accusing him of plundering his country's money to fund his lavish lifestyle in Paris. French authorities swooped on the Obiang family's six-storey mansion in the country and seized it along with a fleet of luxury cars, wines and paintings. Judges at ICJ did however approve Equatorial Guinea's request to have the building it says is part of its diplomatic mission in Paris be given diplomatic immunity. This would mean the building cannot be searched again by French authorities
