Charles Taylor trial could land Liberian ex-president in British jail
Source: The Guardian
The former president of Liberia Charles Taylor is due to appear in a war crimes court at The Hague to learn his fate at the end of a four-year trial and begin a journey that may end in a British prison cell.
The first African head of state to be brought before an international tribunal will be in the dock at the special court for Sierra Leone to hear verdicts read out by the judicial panel on 11 charges, including recruitment of child soldiers and looting conflict ("blood"
diamonds.
Other offences, alleged to have been committed in Sierra Leone between 1996 and 2002 under his direction, involve terrorising civilian populations, murder, rape, sexual slavery and enforced amputations.
As the former colonial power in Sierra Leone, the UK has offered to make prison space available for the disgraced Liberian leader if he is convicted. Home for Taylor in the coming years could be a solitary cell in a high-security prison, perhaps Belmarsh or Whitemoor.
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