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Costas Georgiou (Greek: Κώστας Γεωργίου; 21 December 1951 – 10 July 1976), also known by his alias Colonel Callan, was a Cypriot-born British mercenary executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial for activities during the civil war phase of the Angolan War of Independence.
Costas Georgiou, AKA Tony Callan. He fired 26 shots on Bloody Sunday. Discharged from British Army in 1972 for robbing a post office in Down. He served as a mercenary fighting for terrorists in Angola carrying out massacres before he was captured and executed by the Angolan Army. Archived post.
The Luanda Trial was a trial held in Luanda, Angola, in June 1976 during the Angolan Civil War. Thirteen Western mercenaries were sentenced to either long prison terms or execution by firing squad .
Costas Georgiou was one of the four British mercenaries who were given the death penalty by firing squad in Angola in 1976. He was recruited by John Banks, who said he would do it again, and his lawyers appealed against the decision.
Sep 24, 2020 · Learn about the infamous British-Cypriot mercenaries who fought in the Angolan Civil War in the 1970s. Costas Georgiou, also known as the Psycho Colonel, was executed for killing his comrades, while Charlie Kebab was killed in an ambush.
Mar 14, 2024 · Costas Georgiou was born in Cyprus in 1951, when the island was still under British rule, and at the age of 12, his family chose to move to London. He enlisted in the 1st Parachute Regiment, an elite unit, in Northern Ireland.
Jul 10, 2014 · One of the men, ex-paratrooper Costas Georgiou, is also wanted by New Scotland Yard for questioning in connection with the murders of 14 of his own men during the war. The men who were killed...
