Tappin pleads guilty in US court
British businessman Christopher Tappin has pleaded guilty to selling surface-to-air missile parts to Iran in a court in America.
Tappin could spend 33 month sentence in the UK
Christopher Tappin, 66, of Orpington, Kent, had pleaded not guilty but changed his plea at a hearing in El Paso, Texas, after an agreement with US prosecutors.
His guilty plea, to one count of the indictment, calls for a 33-month sentence which prosecutors have said they will not oppose him serving back in the UK.
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Christopher Tappin pleads guilty in US court
British businessman Christopher Tappin has pleaded guilty to selling surface-to-air missile parts to Iran, at a court hearing in the USA.
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Christopher Tappin has been freed on bail
A retired British businessman who was extradited to the US in February to face arms dealing charges has been released on bail.