El Paso: Prison

United Kingdom Dept: EL PASO, Texas - A British man accused of trying to buy missile parts from undercover American agents and resell them to Iran pleaded guilty Thursday in a deal that would carry nearly three years in prison but could allow him to serve much of that time in his native United Kingdom, according to Winnipeg Free Press. He pleaded guilty to the second count of the indictment Thursday in a hearing in El Paso. The deal calls for 33 months in prison, but as part of the agreement, prosecutors have agreed not to oppose his request to be transferred back to his home country. It also carries a fine of $11,357, the amount of money he would have profited from missile parts deal for which he was indicted and christopher Tappin, right, and his lawyer Dan Cogdell, leave federal court Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 in El Paso, Texas. The 66-year-old British businessman pleaded guilty to trying to export defense materials Thursday in a deal that would carry nearly three years in prison but could allow him to serve much of that time in his native United Kingdom. AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca Christopher Tappin, 66, faced charges of conspiracy to illegally export defence articles, aiding and abetting the illegal export of defence articles and conspiracy to conduct illegal financial transactions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.