(19 Jan 2011) SHOTLIST
1. Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, waving to crowd from stairwell, accompanied by his longtime companion Veronique Roy and surrounded by officials and police
2. Security outside the hotel, police and UN peacekeepers trying to keep supporters away
3. Duvalier, Roy, officials and police in stairwell
4. Haitian police and journalists in the lobby as Duvalier and Roy descend stairs of his hotel escorted by police, bodyguards, aides and media
5. Various of armed police leading group towards vehicle
6. Wide of convoy of police vehicles taking Duvalier to court, supporters running after vehicles
7. Mid of vehicles, people pressing round
8. Vehicles entering compound gates
9. Vehicle stops, Duvalier gets out, huge crush of security, press and people surround him
10. Mid of shouting, jumping supporters
11. Security, crowds
12. Various of Duvalier and Roy surrounded by officials, police officers and media inside the courthouse
13. SOUNDBITE: ( Creole) Henry Robert Sterlin, former ambassador under Duvalier and spokesperson:
"This game is violent and smells bad, and it's destroying the country. Mr Preval should know that they are charges that concern him too. There wasn't an arrest warrant ( referring to Duvalier). It's only this morning that he learned about this."
14. Supporter of Duvalier holding up photograph of Jean Claude Duvalier when he was Haiti's ruler and of his father Francois Duvalier, known as Papa Doc (on right of screen)
15. Wide of protest by Duvalier supporters, tyres burning in street
16. Various mid shots of protesters and burning tyres
17. Wide of protesters marching, smoke from burning tyres filling the air
18. Various of crowd surrounding Duvalier and Roy as they leave the courthouse
19. Various of Duvalier entering vehicle, after struggling through crowd
20. Crowd of people exiting courthouse ahead of Duvalier's car, police and UN peacekeeping forces outside
21. Mid of crowd of Duvalier supporters cheering for him as his car passes by
22. SOUNDBITE: (Creole) Alix Bernard, Jean Claude Duvalier's lawyer:
"Jean Claude Duvalier assured the judge that he was going to be available to justice at any time."
23. Crowd running alongside Duvalier's car
++NIGHT SHOTS++
24. Various of vehicles driving towards Petionville
25. Various of Duvalier entering his hotel, surrounded by media, aides and officials
STORYLINE
A judge will decide whether former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier will be tried on charges that include corruption and embezzlement for allegedly pilfering the treasury before his 1986 ousting, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
The former dictator known as "Baby Doc" was questioned by a judge in an hour long, closed-door court session, defence attorney Gervais Charles said.
The decision to move toward a trial makes clear that whatever Duvalier's reasons were for returning to Haiti on Sunday, the government is poised to take the opportunity to seek justice for his long-vanished regime, widely regarded as brutal and corrupt.
Charles said the case is now in the hands of a judge of instruction who will decide whether there is enough evidence to go to trial, a process that can take up to three months.
Several hundred Duvalier supporters gathered outside the court, burning tyres, chanting slogans and calling for the arrest of President Rene Preval, then cheering as Duvalier left the courthouse and headed to his hotel under police escort.
Earlier, some supporters had tried to block streets with overturned rubbish bins and rocks to keep police from taking Duvalier from his hotel to the courthouse.
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