By Osagie Alonge
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor has been sentenced by Judges at an international war crimes court to 50 years in prison for war crimes during the civil war in Sierra Leone. The sentence was made today Wednesday, May 30, 2012.
Last month Taylor was found guilty of ‘11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity by supporting rebels between 1996 and 2002 in return for conflict diamonds’. He was convicted of multiple offences including murder, rape, sexual slavery, recruiting child soldiers, enforced amputations and pillage.
Presiding Judge Richard Lussick described Taylor’s crimes as the ‘utmost gravity in terms of scale and brutality’.
‘The lives of many more innocent civilians in Sierra Leone were lost or destroyed as a direct result of his actions’, Judge Lussick said. Taylor is said to have shown no emotions as he was handed down the sentence.
The 64-year-old warlord-turned-president’s sentence is likely to be served in the UK, which has offered to take him once his trial and appeal are completed.
13 comments
Why would the UK make such an offer??Let him serve in Liberia where he committed the crimes.
Has any Africam country ever offered to take on ur criminals?? Backoff please!
good judgement, but he commited those crimes in Africa, so, let him serve in Africa. But i surgest Nigeria prison for his type not even his home country.
Pls, i,m calling on u.k to send him to come and suffer in african prison, let hin feel the real prison
Yes that’s good, let he reap what he sworn but not in uk ooo
Please, Please, Please………..why UK? There are very gud, exquisite and excellent prisons in africa abeg. If Liberian prisons are filled, Kirikiri Maximum prison for lagos neva full. Send him there and he will enjoy the rest of his life with correct body builders who use human beings as unching bag. Then he will realize that there is another side of life……
Why! Why!! Why!!! He must be sent down to Nigerian prison so that he wil knw that there is real hell on Earth.
let him reap wat he sow.
Why u.k we nigerian have a enough prison where people like charles taylor will be enjoying.i done want his excellency charles to suffer in u.k prison,so pls and pls retune him africa or nigeria where he will enjoyed his 50remaining year.
I pleased 4 his relise, 4 God is our revenger
Pls pls what of d man (d custom man) dat handed him over to d U.N and he was offered bribe and he rejected d bribe, and he was also dismissed unjustly 4rm service. what is d nigerian govt doing 4 dat man
U are all saying he should come to Nigeria to come & serve his remaing 50yrs in Nigerian prisons! if we can can do that for d next days to come for accommodating such heavy weight criminals & wt long time serving yrs.
When its time for the Nigerians Ex(s)…….who their serving terms is more than 100yrs……… anyway i recommended kirikiri for him
Rechard Lusick pls send tylor back 2 Africa prison after his trial or sentence. not Europe prison. cos de crime was commited in Africa soil. let him serve in any of de w/Africa prison tnx.
is better 2 sentence him 2 death than 5o yrs. The man is already 60yrs old.do u tink he wil live up 2 80yrs?