Rwandan doctor accused in London court of overseeing 6 killings in 1994 genocide

LONDON -- A British prosecutor accused a doctor on Tuesday of overseeing six killings during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.Dr. Vincent Brown was a leader or supervisor in the killing of a young woman and her baby, three household members and a taxi driver who was stoned to death, prosecutor Jane Stansfield said in Westminster Magistrates’ Court.Brown, 65, who was formerly known as Vincent Bajinya, is the first person to be charged in the U.K. for taking part in the ethnic genocide in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed. He is charged with one count of conduct ancillary to genocide and six counts of conduct ancillary to murder as a crime against humanity. U.K. law allows British prosecutors to bring charges for some international offenses, including genocide and crimes against humanity, regardless of where they were committed.Brown denied playing any role in the killings when interviewed by police in 2020, a year after Metropolitan Police war crimes investigators began looking into the case at the request of the Rwandan government, prosecutors said.Defense lawyer Sam Blom-Cooper said in court that Brown wants to clear his name. Another defense attorney, Frank Brazell, told The...