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The trial and conviction of Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland followed their arrest in May 2009, and their being charged with killing their hired driver, 47-year-old Abedi Kasongo, on May 5, 2009, at Bafwasende, Tshopo District, Orientale Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.〔(DOMMEN fra ankesaken 3. December 2009 (norsk) ). Freefrenchandmoland.com (2009-09-08). Retrieved on 2013-08-19.〕 French was arrested on May 9 in the Epulu game reserve, around from Kisangani. Moland was arrested two days later in the Ituri Province, a few hundred kilometres farther northeast.〔 After their arrest, French and Moland were charged with killing Kasongo on the Ituri Road, in the vicinity of the 109-kilometre marker between Kisangani and the Ugandan border.〔("Konkret holdt tiltalte på kilometerpunkt 109 på ITURI-veien, i territoriet BAFWASENDE, TSHOPO distrikt, i Østprovinsen i " )〕 Additional charges against the two included attempted murder of a witness, espionage, armed robbery and the possession of illegal firearms.〔 Their trial, held on August 14, was allowed to take place before a military court because firearms had been used in the crime.〔 However, according to Mirna Adjami, a local representative of the International Center for Transitional Justice, only Congolese police and army soldiers can be tried before a military tribunal; this raised questions as to the court's legitimacy. Norway's foreign minister Jonas Gahr Støre said in 2009, "We have to be realistic about what our Ministry of Foreign Affairs can do".〔(: "«Vi må være realistiske på hva UD kan gjøre» sa utenriksminister Jonas Gahr Støre i mai" )〕 Representatives of the Ministry, including Thorleif Wangen (embassy secretary), observed the trials.〔(Nordmenn i utlandet krever «alt» - Norge - NRK Nyheter ). Nrk.no. Retrieved on 2013-08-19.〕〔(Moland og French er ikke de første nordmennene med dødsdom utenlands - kultur ). Dagbladet.no (2010-10-14). Retrieved on 2013-08-19.〕 On 18 August 2013 Moland was found dead in his prison cell.〔(- Orker ikke tenke på hvordan Josh har det )〕 ==Defendants== French grew up in the municipality of Re in Vestfold county and has both Norwegian and British citizenship. Moland is from Vegårshei in Aust-Agder county. Until 2006, French served in the Norwegian Armed Forces and was also enlisted in the British Army where he trained as a paratrooper.〔(Kjæresten min er ingen leiemorder ), Dagbladet, May 27, 2009. (Norwegian).〕 In 2006, he was admitted to the Telemark Battalion, a Norwegian Army mechanised infantry unit, but was allegedly forced to resign in 2007 as he and his friend Moland were accused of having recruited military personnel into employment with private security companies.〔(Tvunget ut av Forsvaret ), Aftenposten, September 2, 2009. (Norwegian).〕 Moland also has a Norwegian Army background, having served in The King's Guard and later the Telemark Battalion, where he held the rank of second lieutenant before his resignation in 2007.〔(Tjostolv Moland (28) og kameraten (27) flyktet inn i jungelen mens kulene suste rundt dem ), Dagbladet, May 13, 2009. (Norwegian).〕 French and Moland later worked as security guards in several places, including pirate guards for a Korean company in the Gulf of Aden. French and Moland were also involved in security missions in various African countries, such as Angola, Sierra Leone, and lately in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.〔(French og Moland kjempet mot pirater i Adenbukta ), Aftenposten, September 1, 2009. (Norwegian).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trial and conviction of Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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