Reply #3: Mark Thatcher part of Eq. Guinea plot, court told as well as Spain and S. Africai [View All]

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Mark Thatcher part of Eq. Guinea plot, court told By Daniel Flynn
1 hour, 17 minutes ago



MALABO (Reuters) - The son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was a leader of a 2004 coup plot in Equatorial Guinea that was backed by Spain and South Africa, a British mercenary told a court on Wednesday .

Simon Mann, an Eton-educated former special forces officer, was giving testimony at his trial in Malabo about his role in the failed plot to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in the small, oil-rich West African nation.

Answering questions from the prosecution, Mann said Mark Thatcher, who has denied knowing about the conspiracy, "was not just an investor."

"He came on board completely and became part of the management team," Mann said, adding that a London-based millionaire, Eli Calil, was "the boss" of the plot.

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