Simon Mann to go on trial in EG
2008-02-08 08:06
Malabo - Former British special forces officer Simon Mann - charged with plotting to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo - will go on trial in Equatorial Guinea, says the government.
In its first official acknowledgement of Mann's extradition transfer from Zimbabwe last week, the government said in a statement Mann would be tried for his "abortive mercenary coup attempt against the regime and democratic institutions of Equatorial Guinea in 2004".
- Reuters