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Doctor accused of 1994 Rwanda genocide offences to face trial in UK

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Dr Vincent Brown, a Rwandan medical doctor accused of involvement in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, will face trial in October 2027 at the Old Bailey in London. He is charged with one count of conduct ancillary to genocide and six offences of conduct ancillary to murder as a crime against humanity. An estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed during the 1994 genocide which lasted for 100 days; Brown denies wrongdoing and is currently in Belmarsh prison awaiting his trial date.

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Dr Vincent Brown, formerly Dr Vincent Bajinya, 65, accused of participating in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, will face trial starting from October 4, 2027, at the Old Bailey in London. He is charged with one count of conduct ancillary to genocide and six offenses related to murder as crimes against humanity during the genocide that killed an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus over 100 days. Brown appeared via video link from Belmarsh prison for a pre-trial hearing where Judge Cheema-Grubb set provisional trial dates spanning eight to twelve weeks in autumn next year. He has indicated he will plead not guilty to the charges against him, making this the first case of its kind in the UK.

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🔮 - Published A doctor accused of a number of offences relating to the 1994 Rwanda genocide is set to face trial in autumn next year.

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Islington Kigali London Rwanda Tutsi

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Rwanda GPE · 4× Brown PERSON · 2× Kigali GPE · 2× Belmarsh GPE · 1× Cheema-Grubb PERSON · 1× Islington GPE · 1× London GPE · 1× Tutsi NORP · 1× Vincent Bajinya PERSON · 1× Vincent Brown PERSON · 1×

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The defendant appeared via video link from Belmarsh prison on Friday for a pre-trial hearing at the Old Bailey during which Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb set a provisional eight to 12-week trial from October 4 2027.

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🔮 - Published A doctor accused of a number of offences relating to the 1994 Rwanda genocide is set to face trial in autumn next year.

2026-10-09 · BBC News

Doctor accused of 1994 Rwanda genocide offences to face trial in UK · assertive framing

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- Published A doctor accused of a number of offences relating to the 1994 Rwanda genocide is set to face trial in autumn next year. asserted

doctor → publish → autumn

Dr Vincent Brown, formerly Dr Vincent Bajinya, 65, is accused of "killing, directing or encouraging" the deaths of members of the Tutsi ethnic group in Rwanda. asserted

Brown → accuse → Rwanda

He is the first person in the UK to have been charged over the genocide. asserted

He → charge → genocide

Brown, of Islington, north London, is charged with one count of conduct ancillary to genocide and six offences of conduct ancillary to murder as a crime against humanity. asserted

Brown → charge → humanity

A judge has now set his provisional trial date to begin in October 2027. asserted

date → set → October

He denies wrongdoing and has not yet entered a plea. asserted

He → deny → plea

Grubb → appear → October

A plea and case management hearing has also been set for 15 January. asserted

hearing → set → January

He has indicated he will plead not guilty to the charges against him. asserted

he → indicate → him

An estimated 800,000 Tutsis and politically moderate Hutus were killed during the 1994 Rwanda genocide which lasted for 100 days. asserted

which → estimate → days

Brown is a medical doctor who qualified in Rwanda in the 1980s. asserted

who → qualify → 1980s

He later became head of the country's Department of Family Health in Kigali and lived in a suburb there with his wife and young son. asserted

He → become → wife

Between April 6 and 13 1994, he was allegedly a party to six murders and was later charged following a seven-year British investigation into the killings. uncertain

he → charge → killings

The court heard on Friday that a £100,000 bail condition, imposed earlier in October, had not yet been met. asserted

condition → hear → October

Prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones KC told the court the events in 1994 were "the most devastating wave of mass killing in modern history". asserted

events → tell → history

Jones said: "One hundred thousand were murdered in Kigali especially in the first days and weeks of the genocide." asserted

thousand → say → genocide