Charles Taylor: Rebel leader to president

9 August 2010: Screengrab of former the Liberian president, Charles Taylor, sitting during testimony by US actress Mia Farrow at his war crimes trial in the Hague Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images

17 January 2007: People drive past a billboard with a picture of Taylor, in Monrovia, Liberia Photograph: George Osodi/AP

20 June 2006: Taylor inside a helicopter after he was taken from the special court for Sierra Leone, in Freetown, Sierra Leone Photograph: AP

3 April 2006: Taylor makes his first appearance at the special court for Sierra Leone in Freetown on charges of war crimes Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

June 2000: Taylor at a press conference in Liberia Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features

11 August 2003: Taylor is escorted through Monrovia's Roberts international airport before boarding an aircraft en route to exile in Nigeria, after resigning as presidentof Liberia, opening the way for a peace agreement with the rebels who had been besieging the capital Monrovia for weeks Photograph: EPA

11 August 2003: Taylor walks into a ceremony to hand over power to vice-president Moses Blah in Monrovia Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty Images

22 July 2003: Taylor attends the funeral of his mother, Louise Yassa Zoe, held at the Baptist Church of Old Congo town in Monrovia Photograph: Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images

11 August 2003: Taylor, carrying his staff, leaves with his wife, Jewel Howard-Taylor, after officially handing over the power of the presidency Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

Taylor sits on a throne with a traditional dancer during a ceremony in Monrovia, in an undated picture, where Ghanian immigrants crowned him Chief Okatakyie – "the greatest of warriors" Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

26 July 2003: Taylor attends a religious gathering led by the US evangelical preacher Dr K A Paul, at the Samuel K Doe stadium in Monrovia Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

16 July 2003: Taylor, with his trademark white outfit, designer watch, and walking stick, stands during a rally in Monrovia. Taylor spoke at a sports stadium housing thousands of refugees, reiterating his pledge to step down from power Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty Images

Liberian warlord Charles Taylor and his new bride Jewel Howard-Taylor stand at the altar during their wedding ceremony Tuesday Jan. 28, 1997 in Gbarnga, Liberia. Foreign diplomats and UN officials attended the Taylor's wedding and took the oportunity to check the progess towards the January 31 disarmament deadline among Taylor's NPFL fighters in the region Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

26 Septemeber 1997: Jemima Khan, Imran Khan, Naomi Campbell, Charles Taylor, Nelson Mandela, Gracha Machell, Quincy Jones and his partner, Mia Farrow and Tony Leung at the charity party at the centre of Campbell's testimony in the tribunal Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features

21 July 1990: Rebel leader Taylor jubilates with troops in Roberts Field after taking over this position from government troops of President Samuel Doe near the Liberian capital Photograph: Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images

21 September 1990: Taylor, leader of rebel troops, holds a press conference in Kakata, near Monrovia Photograph: Francois Rojon/AFP/Getty Images

21 July 1990: Taylor speaks with rebel troops in Roberts Field after taking over this position from government troops Photograph: Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images

August 1990: Taylor the rebel leader during the civil war in Liberia Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features

Taylor, then Leader of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia, in an undated picture Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features

Taylor with members of the Patriotic National Front of Liberia, in an undated photo Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features

Charles Taylor, then leader of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia, in a picture taken some time in early 1990 Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features