Monday, December 17, 2007

ACCUSED MERCENARY MAKES ROOFTOP ESCAPE—from his own home!



PICTURED: John Banks flees from his home.



4th June 1975
Mystery man Jon Banks made a dramatic exit from a Press conference on Tuesday (3-6-75) after denying that he is recruiting an army of mercenaries to fight the Smith regime in Rhodesia. In an attempt to avoid photographers he crawled across a rooftop on his hands and knees. Then he was driven away. During the conference, at his home in Sandhurst, Berkshire, he said the men he was recruiting were going to work as security guards in Middle East oilfields. Banks, 32, who was discharged from the Parachute Regiment five years ago, added: "The men will guard oilfields in Iraq. The story of the mercenary army for Rhodesia was just a ruse."

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The "escape by John Banks was organised by a former English army officer Captain Colin J Waters. Waters worked for King Hussein and was instrumental in taking Entebee airpaort over the Dora Black Affair. Banks & Waters were both together in many African theatres of war. Look up Capt Waters re: Sierra Leone 1982.

Anonymous said...

I met Mr.Banks on several occasions @ in my personal opinion he WAS ALWAYS a polite respectful guy so..cnt say anything bad about him,this was late 80's early 90's...

Anonymous said...

He is an out and out TOSSER" FACT