CHARLES TAYLOR’S war crimes trial is ending the way it began — with the former Liberian president boycotting proceedings and claiming they are politically motivated and unfair.

Charles Taylor’s lawyer has stormed out of court after judges refused to accept a written summary of the former Liberian president’s defence case at the end of his war crimes trial in the Netherlands.

Naomi Campbell said she had "nothing to gain" from lying during her evidence to the war crimes trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor.

NAOMI CAMPBELL’S former agent was accused yesterday of telling a “complete pack of lies” about a gift to the supermodel of alleged “blood diamonds”.

Naomi Campbell’s former agent was accused today of telling a “complete pack of lies” about a gift to the supermodel of alleged “blood diamonds”.

Naomi Campbell's former agent was accused today of lying when she claimed the supermodel knowingly received "blood diamonds" from former Liberian president Charles Taylor.

SUPERMODEL Naomi Campbell’s evidence in the trial against former Liberian president Charles Taylor has been dramatically challenged by witnesses.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell’s evidence in the trial against former Liberian president Charles Taylor was dramatically challenged today.

PROSECUTORS were yesterday accused of scoring a “spectacular own goal” after calling supermodel Naomi Campbell as a witness in the war crimes trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor.

Prosecutors were today accused of scoring a “spectacular own goal” after calling supermodel Naomi Campbell as a witness in the war crimes trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell was accused of being not “entirely truthful” today after telling the war crimes trial of Charles Taylor how she was woken in the night and given a pouch containing “small, dirty-looking stones” following a charity dinner.

THE plot could have come straight from a John le Carre novel — with a cast including a former warlord, a supermodel, an actress and a bag full of blood diamonds.

A STORE manager dismissed suggestions that a £40 million (€46m) jewellery heist was an “inside job”.

IN AN unusual defence against war crimes charges, former Liberian president Charles Taylor has told judges that he saw nothing wrong with displaying the skulls of slain enemy soldiers at roadblocks.

In an unusual war crimes defence, former Liberian president Charles Taylor told a court today he saw nothing wrong with displaying the skulls of enemy soldiers on spikes at roadblocks

FORMER Liberian president Charles Taylor, on trial for war crimes, wants to set the record straight about his role in a savage civil war that tore apart Sierra Leone and left hundreds of thousands dead or mutilated, his lawyer said yesterday.

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor, accused of running a murderous band of rebels in pursuit of a fortune in blood diamonds, will tell the world he did nothing wrong when he takes the witness box at his war crimes trial tomorrow.

Charles Taylor will begin his defence today against charges that he led rebels in Sierra Leone who murdered, raped and mutilated villagers in a brutal terror campaign during the country’s civil war.

The key witness in the Damilola Taylor murder trial halted proceedings for a second day by announcing she was going home.