Drama at the Special Criminal Court as Yves Michel Fotso's Defense Team Protest Shabby Treatment Meted on their Client

Our source at the Special Criminal Court has revealed that the defense team for former Cameroon Airlines General Manager Yves Michel Fotso ridiculed some of the judges at the Special Criminal Court on Wednesday during the morning session. The case that involves Fotso and the liquidation of Camair saw Lawyers Dominique Inchauspé, Bénédicte Graull and Michael W. Bühler based in Düsseldorf, New York and Paris, telling the Special Criminal Court that their client has so far received a "flagrant unequal treatment" ever since the trial process started.

The first objection raised by the defense lawyers, concerned the conditions of access to their client, Michel Fotso. The lawyers noted that they were searched at the entrance of the place where they had to meet Yves Michel Fotso and even 2 books they wanted to offer him were confiscated. The defence team also added that they needed permission to communicate with their client making the whole process political than judicial.  The second objection raised by the lawyers on Wednesday was the continued detention of Michel Fotso since April 22, 2014 against Cameroonian law under tight security. The Fotso advocates said they cannot proceed with the case after haven spoken to their client for only an hour.

Yves Michel Fotso was jailed for embezzling 1 billion 750 million CFA francs. According to the settlement agreement that the magistrates at the Special Criminal Court made, the Cameroonian businessman already repaid 671 million FCFA. Fotso still has 1 billion 300 million that will be paid in accordance with the corpus delicti of the refund procedure under the legislation governing the Special Criminal Court. The case was moved to March 18, 2015.