Briton Simon Mann (C) listens to evidence during his trial for organising a failed 2004 coup in Malabo in this June 20, 2008 file photo. Equatorial Guinea has pardoned the British ex-special forces officer, jailed last year for his role in a plot to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the Central African country's government website said. REUTERS/Daniel Flynn