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Margaret Thatcher’s Son Sentenced in African Coup Plot

HeadlineJan 13, 2005

The son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher plead guilty today in court for his role in trying to overthrow the government of the west African nation of Equatorial Guinea. Sir Mark Thatcher helped finance a helicopter used in the failed coup attempt. He maintains however that he had no foreknowledge of the coup. He has been fined $500,000 and received a four-year suspended jail sentence.

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