Thatcher charged with aiding coup bid

Mark Thatcher, son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, was arrested and charged today with helping to finance a foiled coup attempt in oil rich Equatorial Guinea.

Thatcher, a 51-year-old businessman who has lived in South Africa since 2002, was arrested at his Cape Town home and brought before the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court to be charged with violating South Africa’s Foreign Military Assistance Act.