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FREETOWN, June 20 (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's U.N.-backed special court on Wednesday found three former militia leaders guilty on 11 counts of war crimes, a spokesman said.

The verdicts were the first delivered by the Sierra Leone court in prosecutions arising from a 1991-2002 civil war that also target former Liberian President Charles Taylor.

"They were found guilty but not on all counts," said Peter Andersen, a spokesman for the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

He said no judgement was entered on two counts of sexual violence while the three were found not guilty on one count of physical violence.

But the court found them guilty on 11 other counts that covered terrorising the civilian population, unlawful killings, rape, the use of child soldiers, abductions and forced labour, and looting.

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