Hours after he was sentenced to death for treason, coup leader George Speight was spared when Fiji’s president commuted his sentence to life in prison. President Josefa Iloilo commuted the ...

George Speight, the rebel leader whose raid on Parliament plunged Fiji into two months of crisis, smiled and listened to cheers from hundreds of supporters as he was driven to court in Suva ...

George Speight was described as a political lightweight when he staged his extraordinary coup in Fiji in May 2000 - but he has since demonstrated considerable political cunning. While he was being ...