President sues UK 'coup plotter'

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BBC News snip

The government of Equatorial Guinea is to sue a British man jailed last week for his part in an alleged plot to topple the president.
The president and his government had earlier launched civil proceedings in England against Simon Mann, 51, two of his companies and three other men. The damages case was allowed to proceed on Thursday, when a stay on the action was lifted.

It was delayed in July due to criminal cases against some of the defendants. Mr Mann was the British leader of a group of 67 alleged mercenaries accused of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea........

President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and his government are taking action against Mr Mann and two of his companies, Logo Limited and Systems Design Ltd.

British businessman Greg Wales, Lebanese millionaire Ely Calil and Severo Moto, the self-proclaimed president of a so-called Equatorial Guinean government-in-exile in Spain, are also being pursued for damages.
More:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3663844.stm

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1. Damn frivolous law suits!