Is currently 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 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
Is 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.