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Dramatic end to Mann trial
Dramatic end to Mann trial
Last Modified: 21 Jun 2008
By:
Sue Turton
British mercenary Simon Mann tells the court that he had wanted to make a deal with the country's authorities in 2005.
Simon Mann will be sentenced on Monday, the court in Equatorial Guinea announced.
It follows a dramatic end to his four day trial late last night, when Mann told the court he had wanted to make a deal with the country's authorities in 2005.
But, he claimed, he had been "prevented" by his lawyers. Mann is facing a 32-year jail sentence for his part in the failed coup.
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