Saving David Waines - the fifth estate

Canadian missionary David Waines devoted his life to saving and protecting children in Liberia, only to be charged with sexually assaulting a young girl - an accusation he strenuously denies. Bob McKeown investigates.

MORE INFO : He was considered one of the most courageous aid workers in Africa today. Vancouver missionary David Waines spent decades saving lives and protecting children in the small war-torn country of Liberia. He played an important role in getting the government to enforce a new tougher law on child rape– even investigating cases and in some cases taking part in the arrest of suspects.

But then, in a stunning development, Waines himself was charged with sexually assaulting a young girl, an accusation he strenuously denies. Jailed in a dangerous prison, then treated in a hospital at the peak of the Ebola crisis, Waines feared for his life.
He and his supporters say he is the victim of a corrupt justice system and enemies bent on revenge. Liberian authorities want to prosecute him for what they allege are serious crimes. Bob Mckeown investigates the controversy around David Waines.

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