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01/13/2005:

"Thatcher Quits South Africa after Deal"

Thatcher Quits South Africa after Deal Saves Him from Prison

The son of the former prime minister pleaded guilty in a Cape Town court to unwittingly helping bankroll a botched coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, in exchange for a £265,000 fine, a suspended jail sentence and the right to rejoin his family in the United States.

Full Article : news.scotsman.com