FILE NETHERLANDS BRITAIN SIERRA LEONE JUSTICE UN ( FILE ) A file photo dated 26 September 2013 showing former Liberian President Charles Ghankay Taylor ( L ) in the courtroom of the Special Court for Sierra Leone prior to the appeal judgement , in The Hague , The Netherlands . Charles Taylor , the former Liberian president jailed last year for war crimes , is to be transferred to a British prison , Justice Minister Jeremy Wright confirmed in London on 10 October 2013 . The 65 - year - old was sentenced to 50 years behind bars in May 2012 for aiding and abetting atrocities committed by a rebel group during the civil war in neighbouring Sierra Leone . The prison term was upheld by a UN - backed court in The Hague last month , after Taylor , who served as president of Liberia from 1997 to 2003 , launched an appeal to overturn the verdict . EPA / KOEN VAN WEEL / POOL ▶   연합뉴스 " 모바일 앱 다운 받 기 "▶   지금 뉴스 스탠드 에서 뉴스 Y 를 만나 보 세요 ! ▶   그림 으로 보 는 " 인터랙티브 뉴스 "< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >