Biografía

He was serving a jail sentence in Zimbabwe for allegedly organising a mecenary operation to overthrow the president of Equatorial Guinea. However, he and the other soldiers were captured in Harare and tried there. Mann had received a seven-year custodial sentence.

Ran two mercenary companies; Executive Outcomes, and Sandline, which he formed with fellow Scots Guards officer Tim Spicer, another well-known figure from the world of contract soldiering

Son of a former England cricket captain, he was educated at Eton before joining the British army as an officer. After passing out from their officer academy at Sandhurst, he joined the Scots Guards and then later passed selection for the SAS

He was a former officer in Britain's elite SAS.

Harare, Zimbabwe: convicted of trying to buy weapons from Zimbabwe's state arms manufacturer, but acquitted of taking possession of the weapons.