Obiang trial continues

Paris – The high-living son of Equatorial Guinea’s leader, with a taste for supercars and luxury homes, goes back on trial in Paris today on corruption charges.

A French court agreed in January to adjourn the trial of Teodorin Obiang, his country’s vice-president, at the request of his defence team. Lawyers argued the timing gave them too little time to call witnesses and prepare their defence.

Obiang, 48, is suspected of using $112 million of state money – proceeds of corruption and embezzlement, prosecutors allege – to fund his purchases, including a Paris mansion. –