It had taken the USA and their allies since March to find him.

War had been declared by the USA on Iraq on 20th March 2003, following years in which Saddam Hussein appeared to be hiding weapons of mass destruction from UN weapons inspectors.

Hussein was found hiding in an 6/8 feet deep hole ("spider hole"), outside his hometown of Tikrit.

She was Leona Helmsley, and once quipped that "only the little people pay taxes".

She was sentenced to 4 years, 750 hours community service and $7.1mn for tax fraud.

Her husband, Harry, was believed to have a property portfolio of up to $10bn.

She was released from jail in 1994.