Lawyers defending Malian Islamist suspect Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz for his role as police chief in Timbuktu in 2012 told judges at the International Criminal Court that he was the wrong man.
Defence attorney to Mr Abdoul Aziz Melinda Taylor said he should not be convicted because he happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, with the wrong ethnicity.
The prosecutors say Mr Abdoul Aziz terrorized the residents of Timbuktu in 2012 when al-Qaeda affiliated Ansar Eddine took control of the city.
He is accused of crimes against humanity and sexual slavery.
As a police chief for Ansar Eddine, he oversaw the implementation of a harsh penal version of Sharia and presided over public floggings and amputations.