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09/10/2004:

"British mercenary jailed in Zimbabwe"

The former British SAS soldier Simon Mann, the alleged leader of a foiled coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, was today sentenced to seven years in prison for trying to buy weapons from Zimbabwe's state arms manufacturer.

Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe handed down the sentences in a makeshift courthouse inside the Chikurubi maximum-security prison near Harare where Mann and other accused mercenaries have been detained since their March 7 arrest.
Full Article : independent.co.uk

Simon Mann goes to jail

67 'mercenaries' sent to jail
Harare - The 65 suspected mercenaries being held in Zimbabwe in connection with a plot to stage a coup in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea have been sentenced to 12 months in jail.
Full Article : news24.com