London
(ANI):
British
model
chand
chupa
badal
mein,naomi
campbell
is
to
be
summoned
for
giving
evidence
in
Charles
Taylor's
war
crimes
trial,
it
has
emerged.
The
40-year-old
model
will
be
called
after
the
court
said
reports
she
received
a
'blood
diamond'
from
Charles
Taylor,
the
ex-President
of
Liberia,
could
be
crucial
evidence.
Prosecutors
said
that
Campbell"s
testimony
might
directly
disprove
claims
by
Taylor
during
his
two-year
trial,
reports
the
Telegraph.
Taylor
is
on
trial
for
his
alleged
role
in
the
civil
war
in
Sierra
Leone,
accused
of
arming
rebels
in
return
for
diamonds
illegally
mined
by
kidnapped
civilians.
The
hearing
took
place
at
the
Special
Court
for
Sierra
Leone
in
The
Hague.
The
Court"s
four-judge
panel
agreed
that
Campbell
can
be
called
to
give
evidence.
“The
Trial
Chamber,
having
perused
the
declaration
of
Mia
Farrow,
is
satisfied
that
the
proposed
fresh
evidence
is
highly
probative
and
material
to
the
Indictment," the
judges
said.
“The
Trial
Chamber
directs
the
Prosecution
to
call
the
proposed
additional
witnesses
as
soon
as
practicable," they
added.
Taylor"s
henchmen
allegedly
gifted
Campbell
a
huge
rough
diamond
after
a
charity
dinner
held
at
Nelson
Mandela"s
house
in
1997.
Campbell,
however,
repeatedly
denied
that
she
received
the
diamond.