Thatcher met coup conspirators, court told

Mark Thatcher, former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher's son, met with the alleged top coup conspirator in the months before an alleged foiled plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, one of the defendants told a court today.

Thatcher met coup conspirators, court told

Mark Thatcher, former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher's son, met with the alleged top coup conspirator in the months before an alleged foiled plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, one of the defendants told a court today.

Nick du Toit, a South African arms dealer facing the death penalty for his alleged role, said that Thatcher was interested only in purchasing military hardware that was not involved in the alleged coup plot.

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