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  • Simon Mann, mercenary behind failed ‘wonga coup’, dies aged 72

    Simon Mann, mercenary behind failed ‘wonga coup’, dies aged 72

    Former SAS officer led a group of 70 who attempted to overthrow Equatorial Guinea’s president Simon Mann, an Eton and Sandhurst-educated ex-SAS officer, who led a botched coup involving Margaret Thatcher’s son to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea, has died aged 72. Mann led a group of 70 fellow mercenaries who were arrested in…