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11/18/2004:

"Three to tell of Thatcher role in coup plot"

Three South Africans convicted yesterday of involvement in a coup in Equatorial Guinea are expected to give evidence linking Sir Mark Thatcher to the failed plot.

The men agreed a plea bargain deal to provide testimony against others charged with financing the coup, including Sir Mark, 51, the son of the former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.

Crause Steyl, Lourens Horn and Harry Carlse yesterday pleaded guilty to violating South Africa's foreign military assistance act and were convicted in Pretoria magistrates court, according to the South African Press Association.

Full Article : guardian.co.uk