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Alleged Syrian war criminal facing murder charges in UK-first prosecution

An alleged war criminal is facing trial accused of crimes against humanity in the first UK prosecution of its kind.

The 58-year-old man, who now lives in this country, faces three murder charges, three charges of torture and a single charge of conduct ancillary to murder.

It is the first time the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has brought charges of murder as crimes against humanity under the International Criminal Court Act 2001.

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