Want To Get Rid Of The World's Garbage, Send It To Britain.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/liberia/10336000/Charles-Taylor-to-spend-rest-of-life-in-British-jail-for-Sierra-Leone-war-crimes.html

Why must this war criminal spend the rest of his life in a British prison, at the taxpayer's expense?

/// He will serve his sentence in Britain where he is expected to be a “category A” inmate fit only for a maximum-security prison. If so, the cost to the British taxpayer will be up to £60,000 per year. ///

[New Judge]

“The defence want Taylor to be imprisoned in Rwanda, where other people convicted by the UN court for Sierra Leone have been jailed, because he would be nearer his family and would not be "removed from traditions and culture".

"Mr Taylor has young children who might not be used to cold weather in Europe. There are issues with the food," said Mr Anyah. "He expressed his view that the next phase of life is to see how to preserve his contact with his family and ensure that his younger children are provided for."

How very strange! These seem to be the very reasons often cited when defence teams argue that their clients should be allowed to remain in the UK.

[jomifl]

Cheaper than repairing the damage he will do if let free.