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01/12/2005:

"Thatcher 'guilty plea' over coup"

The son of former Prime Minister Lady Margaret Thatcher is accused of helping to finance an alleged coup.

He is reported to have agreed to a plea bargain and will make an unscheduled appearance at a court in Cape Town.

He will plead guilty to being negligent in investing in an aircraft said to have been used by alleged coup plotters, a BBC correspondent said.

The businessman had previously denied being involved in a plan to topple the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea but was barred from leaving South Africa while investigations continued.
Full Article:news.bbc.co.uk