[Previous entry: "Hidden laboratory sheds light on Leonardo's genius"] [Next entry: "Iraq weapons hunt is officially over"]

01/12/2005:

"Mark Thatcher to plead guilty"

Mark Thatcher, the son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, will plead guilty to charges of funding an attempted coup plot in Equatorial Guinea.

A source quoted by Britain's Press Association said the 51-year-old Briton would agree in court to pay a fine of approximately three million South African rand (roughly 380,000 euros, 505,000 dollars), and plead guilty to a charge of contravening Section Two of the regulations of South Africa's Foreign Military Assistance Act.

If he failed to pay, he could face a five-year jail term, the source said.

Full Article : turkishpress.com

As usual, they let them off the hook.