Justice Minister Jeremy Wright has confirmed that the Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor is to serve his 50-year war crimes sentence in the UK, following the rejection of his appeal last month by a UN-backed special court in the Hague.

It ruled that his convictions had been proved beyond doubt.

He was sentenced in May 2012 for aiding rebels who committed atrocities in Sierra Leone during its civil war.

Because of fears his trial could spark renewed conflict in West Africa, it was moved from Sierra Leone to The Hague, and the UK at the time offered to jail him if convicted.

 "Taylor will now be transferred to a prison in the UK to serve that sentence," said Mr Wright adding that international justice was central to British foreign policy.