Jailed British mercenary pardoned
Mann, 57, was sentenced to a 34-year jail term after admitting conspiring to oust President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, leader of the tiny West African country. A statement released by the Mann family read: "The family is absolutely delighted that Simon has been pardoned and is to be released shortly." Mann was granted the full pardon on humanitarian grounds, a statement on the website of Equatorial Guinea's Information Ministry said. The mercenary has been held in the country's...

British mercenary Simon Mann receives presidential pardon: PHOTO
British mercenary Simon Mann, who was jailed for 34 years in Equatorial Guinea for plotting to overthrow the Government, has been granted a presidential pardon on humanitarian grounds.

British mercenary Simon Mann is freed by the regime he tried to overthrow: PHOTO
British mercenary Simon Mann is expected to fly back to London tomorrow after being dramatically pardoned by the government of Equatorial Guinea.

Judge: British coup plotter Simon Mann, 4 South Africans, pardoned in Equatorial Guinea
Johannesburg — 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 judge said Tuesday. They were convicted in a trial that aired a plot in which well-connected Britons and others sought to install an exiled opposition figure in Africa's No. 3 oil producing nation. The coup unraveled before it even began,...

Judge: British coup plotter Simon Mann, 4 South Africans, pardoned in Equatorial Guinea
Johannesburg, South Africa — British coup-plotter Simon Mann and four South African Mercenaries have been pardoned for plotting the overthrow of the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, the country's chief judge told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Supreme Court Chief Justice Obono Olo said Mann and his accomplices would be freed Tuesday morning and flown home. Olo said President Teodoro Obiang Nguema on Monday gave the five men "a full pardon for humanitarian reasons" for the 2004...

Mercenary Mann freed from jail: PHOTO
Simon Mann during his trial for a failed coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea. Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/ AP

The Associated Press: Coup plotter Simon Mann released in Eq. Guinea
Johannesburg — A British coup-plotter and four South African Mercenaries pardoned for attempting the overthrow of Equatorial Guinea's government were freed from Prison Tuesday in the tiny oil-rich African nation, the country's chief judge said. Simon Mann and his co-defendants were convicted in a trial that aired a plot in which well-connected Britons and others sought to install an exiled opposition figure in Africa's No. 3 oil producing nation. The coup unraveled before it even began,...

Africa coup-plotter Simon Mann pardoned
LONDON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- British coup-plotter Simon Mann has been pardoned by Equatorial Guinea on health grounds after nearly two years in jail, officials say. A statement posted on Equatorial Guinea's Ministry of Information Web site said Mann, a former British commando who led a group of more than 60 mainly South African Mercenaries five years ago in a plot to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema , had been released on humanitarian grounds, The Times of London reported Tuesday. "The...

Eq Guinea pardons British coup plotter
Equatorial Guinea has pardoned former British soldier Simon Mann, sentenced to 34 years in Prison for an attempted coup plot in the coastal West African state. According to a presidential decree read on national radio on Tuesday, Mann was granted 'total amnesty' on humanitarian grounds related to his health. It added that Mann had 'shown sufficient and credible signs of repentance and a desire to take his place in society'. The 56-year-old must now leave Equatorial Guinea within 24 hours and is...

Africa coup plot Briton pardoned
Former British soldier Simon Mann, sentenced to 34 years for a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, has been pardoned by the country's president.

Simon Mann pardoned over Eq. Guinea plot
DAKAR (Reuters) - Equatorial Guinea has pardoned British ex-Special Forces officer Simon Mann, jailed last year for his role in a plot to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, according to the government website. "The pardon was allowed for by presidential decree and granted on humanitarian grounds," the communication ministry of the tiny coastal west African state said in a statement. Mann was jailed for 34 years in July 2008. (Reporting by Mark John ; Editing by Louise Ireland )

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