January 13, 2005 - 11:45 AM from Thatcher Fined Over 'Coup Plot' Sir Mark Thatcher has pleaded guilty in South Africa over his part in an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea. The son of former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was fined the equivalent of US$500,000 (£265,000) and given a four-year suspended jail term. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4169557.stm
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