MOSCOW, October 10 (RAPSI) - Former Liberian president Charles Taylor sentenced for 50 years in prison for war crimes, will soon be transported to the UK to serve out his sentence, AFP reported on Thursday.

The former African leader, who was deposed in 2003 under a peace deal ending the conflict, is also implicated in the killing of up to 200,000 civilians in Sierra Leone, notably through his support for a campaign of terror unleashed by a brutal local guerilla group, the Revolutionary United Front.

Taylor fled to Nigeria after being ousted, but was arrested on an international warrant and deported to Sierra Leone in March 2006. He has been held at a detention center in The Hague since June 2006.

His trial began in 2007 and was completed in March 2011. The prosecution called a total of 115 witnesses during the trial.

On April 26, 2012, a trial chamber for the SCSL held Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting the commission of 11 acts of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and serious violations of international humanitarian law.

On May 30, 2012, the SCSL sentenced Taylor to 50 years in prison, counting the time he had spent in custody since his 2006 arrest as time served.