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Freed Guinea coup plotter offers to testify

Source: Financial Times
Malabo : Equatorial Guinea | about 1 month ago  
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  • Mann was expected to fly back to Britain as early as Wednesday
    Mann was expected to fly back to Britain as early as Wednesday
    Source: AFP
  • Simon Mann in court in 2008
    Simon Mann in court in 2008
    Source: AFP
Mann was expected to fly back to Britain as early as Wednesday
Speaking after he was freed from the Black Beach prison in Malabo, the capital, Mr Mann said he was “very anxious” that Mark Thatcher, the son of Lady Thatcher, the former British prime minister, and Ely Calil, a UK-based Lebanese businessman, should face justice for the roles he alleges they played...
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  • News Source: The independent | about 1 month ago
    Simon Mann, the Eton-educated former SAS troop leader who organised a coup against the president of the oil-rich African state of Equatorial Guinea, arrived back in Britain yesterday after receiving a pardon. He had served 15 months of a 34-year...
  • News Source: The Scotsman | about 1 month ago
    Simon Mann yesterday demanded that Sir Mark Thatcher should "face justice" for his part in trying to topple the government of Equatorial Guinea. Former Scots Guard Mann flew home yesterday after being freed 15 months into a 34-year sentence for his...
  • News Source: Financial Times | about 1 month ago
    Speaking after he was freed from the Black Beach prison in Malabo, the capital, Mr Mann said he was “very anxious” that Mark Thatcher, the son of Lady Thatcher, the former British prime minister, and Ely Calil, a UK-based Lebanese businessman,...
  • News Source: The Guardian | about 1 month ago
    The British mercenary Simon Mann today vowed to testify in court against Sir Mark Thatcher and the oil tycoon Eli Calil, the two men he alleges were co-conspirators in the failed attempt to take over Equatorial Guinea in 2004.
  • News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner | about 1 month ago
    In this video image made available Wednesday Nov. 4, 2009 British coup-plotter Simon Mann, right foreground, smiles in the courtroom after shaking hands with court officials following his pardon by the government in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Tuesday...
  • News Source: The independent | about 1 month ago
    The British soldier’s premature release, just 15 months into a 34-year prison sentence imposed last summer, is widely considered to have been linked to his testimony during his trial that the bungled coup’s organising team included Sir Mark, son...
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  • Blog Source: blog.taragana.com
    He and the four South African mercenaries who also were pardoned Tuesday had been given 24 hours to leave and can never return. In a trial last year, Mann testified that Mark Thatcher had provided $350000, which was used to buy a small ...
  • Blog Source: www.vamban.com
    London, Nov 4 - A private school-educated mercenary arrived back in Britain Wednesday after being freed by the government of Equatorial Guinea for trying to. ... Simon Mann said before leaving Equatorial Guinea that he would help British police
  • Blog Source: www.sfexaminer.com
    Mann testified in a trial last year that Mark Thatcher had provided $350000, which was used to buy a small plane that was to transport Equatorial Guinea's exiled opposition leader Severo Moto from Madrid to Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea.
  • Blog Source: www.sfexaminer.com
    British coup-plotter Simon Mann and four South African mercenaries have been pardoned for attempting the overthrow of Equatorial Guinea's government and will be freed from prison in the tiny oil-rich African nation, the country's chief ...
  • Blog Source: trendsupdates.com
    Simon Mann, a British mercenary who was charged with attempted coup and was sentenced to 34 years in prison has awarded a Presidential pardon by the government of Equatorial Guinea. Simon's pardon plea was accepted largely due to his ...
  • Blog Source: www.arguewitheveryone.com
    The mercenary has been held in the country's notorious Black Beach prison and is expected to be released later today. He will then be free to return to the UK. A family spokesman said Mann was due to arrive home "in the next few days". ...
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