Viktor Bout is sentenced to 25 years in prison . In 2000 , then-British Foreign Office official Peter Hain branded him `` Africa 's chief merchant of death '' at a time when Bout is believed to have supplied arms to officials in Sierra Leone , a former British colony then embroiled in civil war . Bout was convicted last year on four counts stemming from weapons deals . Comment:
Viktor Bout is sentenced to 25 years in prison . Bout was convicted last year on four counts stemming from weapons deals . Comment: