Tony Buckingham: murky past of a mercenary turned oil baron

Tony Buckingham, set to scoop £95m from the sale of his Heritage Oil assets in Uganda, has a past that is best described as 'colourful'.

Simon Mann, the fall guy for the bungled 2004 'Wonga Coup' in Equatorial Guinea, is back in Britain, to the consternation of his alleged co-conspirators, says The Daily Telegraph.

But while Mark 'Scratcher' Thatcher and others wait "nervously for a knock on the door", another of Mann's old muckers is cracking open the champagne. Tony Buckingham SAS man, turned mercenary, turned oil baron looks set to scoop £95m from the sale of his Heritage Oil assets in Uganda (see below). Now that is serious wonga.

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