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'Mercenaries' appeal in Zimbabwe
More than 60 suspected mercenaries are to appeal against their convictions over an Equatorial Guinea coup plot. Their lawyer said the High Court in Zimbabwe had granted permission for their case to go to the Supreme Court. In September, former British special services officer Simon Mann was jailed for seven years but is not appealing. | Must figure he got off easy. |
Sixty-seven other suspected mercenaries were sent to prison for 12 months for illegally landing at Zimbabwe's main airport. | Not bad considering what they might have gotten. |
The authorities said they were en route to Equatorial Guinea to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in the oil-rich country. The 67 were found guilty of lesser charges of violating immigration and aviation laws. Mann, an old Etonian, was convicted of trying to buy weapons without a licence.
Posted by: Steve 2004-12-09 |
