The lead lawyer for Carlos Ghosn on Tuesday called for the tycoon to be tried separately from Nissan and his former right-hand man, in the interests of a “fair trial.”
Junichiro Hironaka told reporters that the court currently planned to try Ghosn, Nissan and Greg Kelly together and that he had lodged a petition with the court for separate cases heard by different judges.
“Forcing such a trial on Mr Ghosn is an extreme violation of Mr Ghosn’s right to a fair trial,” lawyers for the executive wrote in the petition, also made public on Tuesday.
“We believe that however you look at this issue, having Mr Ghosn sitting with Nissan and being judged together is a very peculiar situation that goes against having a fair trial,” Hironaka added. Read more