Lt. Col. Tharcisse Nditurende pinned his co-accused Victoire Ingabire saying she communicated to Europe using e-mail messages.
As he was ready to start, the prosecution raised their concern to the court that the defense might not be co-ordinated and want to delay the trial.
They also updated the High Court that evidence from Netherlands will be submitted to court by the end of this month. The court cleared to them that there was no problem to wait for them and the trial should continue.
As he had started pleading at day 10 of the trial, Nditurende who already plead guilty of the charges against him revealed that the e-mails were his and responses were from Ingabire.
He told court that all the mails he got from Ingabire were given to the prosecution during his interrogation when he was asked to give his e-mail address and its password.
He further explained how he and some of his colleagues had fallen out from FDLR to form what they were proposing as CDF to join FDU and help overthrow the government power in Rwanda militarily.
Nditurende told court that did not happen because the DRC intelligence (ARN) had arrested Maj. Vital Uwumuremyi who was the liaison between them and Ingabire at the beginning of 2009.
Nditurende explained to the court that as Uwumuremyi had given him Ingabire’s e-mail address, it was the only way left to communicate even though he got a mobile telephone later.
Nditurende admits that the e-mails were his and the one who replied was Ingabire who made different appointments like meeting face to face in Dar Es Salam in Tanzania but then they met in Brazzaville (Congo).
The e-mail also contains the plans of how Ingabire could send them some money for communication through a Congolese Colonel called Zelote.
The trial resumes on September 21 where Lt. Col. Noel Habiyaremye another co-accused will defend himself in court because Lt. Col. Tharcisse Nditurende had finished.
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