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January 27th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda “Mr Mann’s case in the High Court is an effort for him to get a clean record and have his conviction set aside,” he told The Daily Telegraph.
“His application to have (the appeal) transferred to the Supreme Court was granted.”
In court papers, Mr Mann, a former a Scots Guards and SAS officer, said that when he arrived in Harare, he was representing South African firm Military Technical Service, which had a deal with the Zimbabwean authorities to buy weapons.
He said that since MTS had a firearms license, “the contact of purchase and sale aforesaid was above board and legitimate in all the circumstances”.
He explained that his lawyers had not initially appealed his conviction because they were negotiating with the cash-strapped Zimbabwean government to hand over the plane, and the $180,000, in return for Mr Mann’s release back to London.
“At first the government indicated it wanted the plane and that it would release Simon Mann in exchange for it,” Mr Samkange said.
“But that came to nothing in the end and I don’t know who in government was involved at that time.”
Instead, Robert Mugabe’s government extradited Mr Mann to Equatorial Guinea in what many interpreted as a handover in return for oil from the resource-rich West African nation.
The plane, a Boeing 727, is thought to be still on the tarmac at Manyame Air Base, a high-security military instalment next to Harare International Airport. Mr Samkange said several attempts by the Zimbabwean government to have its ownership transferred from Mr Mann’s name have failed.
He said that since the Zimbabwean government reneged on its deal, Mr Mann should be allowed to appeal his conviction – and take back possession of his plane and money.
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