bharat-patel – The Mail & Guardian

/ 1 February 2008

Zim deports ‘coup mastermind’, says lawyer

The alleged British mastermind of a foiled coup in Equatorial Guinea has been deported from Zimbabwe to Malabo, even though he was still appealing against his extradition, his lawyer said on Friday. Jonathan Samkange said he had only learned that Simon Mann had already been flown out of Harare on Friday morning.

By Godfrey Marawanyika

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Africa

/ 31 January 2008

Simon Mann loses extradition appeal

A court in Zimbabwe dismissed an appeal against the extradition of Simon Mann, a former British special forces officer accused of leading a coup plot to topple the government in the oil-rich West African nation of Equatorial Guinea, his lawyers said on Thursday. Mann’s lawyers had argued he would face torture and a likely death sentence if extradited Equatorial Guinea.

By Angus Shaw