LONDON - Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president
sentenced to 50 years in prison for crimes against humanity, will serve his jail term in Britain, the U.K. government said on
Thursday.

Taylor, 64, was charged with murder, rape, conscripting child
soldiers and sexual slavery during intertwined wars in Liberia
and Sierra Leone. However, the court found him guilty of only some of the charges.

He is the first head of state to be sent to prison by an
international court since Nazi leaders were sentenced at
Nuremberg after World War II.

Last month, the Special Court for Sierra Leone, based in The
Hague, upheld his conviction for using the proceeds of 'blood
diamonds' mined in the conflict zone to finance rebels who
raped, murdered and mutilated their way across Liberia's
northern neighbor during its 11-year civil war.

The tribunal found Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting war
crimes and crimes against humanity by supporting notoriously
brutal rebels in return for "blood diamonds."

"The conviction of Charles Taylor is a landmark moment for
international justice," British justice minister Jeremy Wright
wrote in a statement to parliament.

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The world will surely miss him..
*blinks back tears*

Serves him right
hehe

Can this kind of thing ever happen in naija??

Eiya... frm head of state to a prisoner.

and the then head of states in nigeria that killed millions of Biafrans still moves freely in naija.

Karma?

Which time Nigeria or any africa country will sentence any former president or rich men from europe or American

We africans never take our destines in our hands cnt he serve his 50 yrs imprisonment in Nigeria,south africa or any other africa country

We need 2 wake up

If it is former UK president do u tin them will agree 2 let him serve in africa