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Sunday' actor jailed for coup attempt
Published Date: 09 July 2008
By Staff reporter
A British mercenary who starred in the 2002 film 'Bloody Sunday' has been jailed for 34 years in Equatorial Guinea for attempting to overthrow the government in an attempted coup.
Simon Mann played the role of Colonel Derek Wilford, commander of the paratroopers in Derry in 1972, alongside James Nesbitt in Paul Greengrass’ award-winning movie.
Mann famously described the events of January 30, 1972, as a “cock-up”, and said he took the role in the movie to “defend the Army”
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Published Date: 09 July 2008
By Staff reporter
A British mercenary who starred in the 2002 film 'Bloody Sunday' has been jailed for 34 years in Equatorial Guinea for attempting to overthrow the government in an attempted coup.
Simon Mann played the role of Colonel Derek Wilford, commander of the paratroopers in Derry in 1972, alongside James Nesbitt in Paul Greengrass’ award-winning movie.
Mann famously described the events of January 30, 1972, as a “cock-up”, and said he took the role in the movie to “defend the Army”
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