News about Charles Taylor

Ian Huntley, 49, (right) who committed two teenage girls in 2002, has become close friends in prison with Charles Taylor (left), the ex-death president of Liberia who is serving 50 years in the United Kingdom. According to The Sun, the two prisoners are in cells close to each other in Frankland Prison, County Durham, and they are said to have a close bond. The International Criminal Court in 2012 found Taylor using child soldiers to mutilate opponents and was guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, both 10, were killed in Soham, Cambridgeshire, in 2002. He lured the girls to his house and killed them before dumping their bodies in a distant ditch.

In a tiny Scots village, it was once the highest sporting honor. A national search for a Highland Games trophy has been launched nearly a century since it was last awarded. Between 1877 and 1935, the Cabrach Picnic and Games was an annual event until the area's dwindling population made it unprofitable. But now the games have been revived, and the hunt is now on for the majestic silver Rose Bowl trophy that was once awarded to the area's top player. Charles Taylor was the last man to be honoured with the bowl. It was passed down, inherited, and then tracked down in the 1980s before it vanished again.

LEONARD: "I used to speak to Brittney Griner a few years ago." She's safe, she's on her way home, and she's on a plane.' Mr Biden delivered a triumphant White House address today, in which Ms Griner's wife Cherelle joined him. However, the offer comes at a high price. Mr Biden said nothing about America's bargain, and in fact, left the room as a journalist repeatedly demanded to tell him what Russia had obtained out of the deal. The tense Tajikistan businessman and suspected Soviet spy dubbed the'merchant of death' sparked untold confusion and despair around the globe, particularly in Afghanistan and Africa, where his arms were allegedly used to murder American and British troops. He was serving a 25-year sentence for plotting to sell tens of millions of dollars in weapons, which were supposed to be used against Americans, according to US officials. The mere thought of his freedom had enraged anti-arms trafficking activists and those interested in his capture, who had hoped he would return to the violent industry. Michael Braun, the ex-DEA chief who planned Bout's capture, has said that releasing him would not be a'slap in the face' to those who risked their lives to bring him down. Everyone in the spook world knows there is no such thing as a "former" Russian intelligence officer, despite the fact that the Kremlin put forth the necessary efforts to free Bout, it's unlikely that Putin, who is facing an arms supply crisis in Ukraine, would not have troubling proposals for him right now.

The Russian president told reporters earlier today that several Russian servicemen are 'Heroes of Russia' for their efforts in Ukraine, despite the fact that there is a lot of noise now regarding Ukraine's energy infrastructure.' Yes, we're doing it. But who started it?Who struck the Crimean bridge?' Putin waved a glass of champagne as he shuffled erratically from side to side, appearing unsteady on his feet (main). Moscow's relentless targeting of Ukraine's energy infrastructure has left millions without power, heat and water as winter begins to bite and temperatures plummet below freezing (aftermath of recent attack on Ukranian infrastructure is pictured top left)

After being traded for WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday, consigned arms dealer Viktor Bout, nicknamed the Russian merchant of death, is back in his homeland. Bout, 55, has been in federal prison in Marion, Illinois, for 11 years on charges relating to arms traffic. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist whose months of probation on drug charges attracted new interest in the population of wrongful prisoners. Biden's permission to release a Russian felon once known as "the Merchant of Death" exemplified the growing pressure that his government faced to bring Griner home. Bout became known for his willingness to kill virtually everyone, from militias in Sierra Leone to Charles Taylor's brutal Liberian regime to the Taliban, during his career trading weapons. Nicholas Cage's life inspired the 2005 Hollywood film Lord of War starring Nicholas Cage.

The Metropolitan Police's War Crimes Team made the arrest today after receiving a warning in January 2021 and subsequently establishing a case against the man, who is thought to be in his 40s, in collaboration with Counter Terrorism Policing North East (Newcastle). In addition, officers searched the suspect's house in the hopes of finding new evidence of his suspected crimes. Up to a quarter of a million people in the West African nation were killed in a civil war, though thousands more were wounded and disfigured, transforming into guerilla armies from 1989 to 2003.

Viktor Bout (left) preferred to sleep at night with his helicopter crew, sleeping as close as possible to a chopper that was ready to fly in minutes no matter how lavish the hotel was laid on for him by his generous patrons. A fast getaway was in his line of work. Bout's playful boast that he sent "every army but not the Salvation Army" in the 2005 film Lord Of War (right), may have influenced Nicolas Cage's arms dealer role, although Bout may have been too quick to mention both directions in a conflict.