Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor who is serving a 50-year sentence for supporting rebels who committed atrocities in Sierra Leone in the maximum UK prison could face serious questioning for his recent phone calls from behind bars by Durham Prison authorities. The Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone, the United Nations body which held Taylor’s trial, said it was urgently following up with the British government. Why is Taylor in prison in the UK? The UN, which convened a Special Court on Sierra Leone, issued an appeal for a country to host him after his conviction and the UK volunteered. An act of parliament was passed to allow for Taylor to serve his sentence in the UK, at the cost of the British government.

Source: GNN Liberia February 13, 2017 10:26 UTC