Thatcher in court for coup case hearing

Sir Mark Thatcher has arrived at a magistrates’ court in South Africa for a hearing on charges that he allegedly helped bankroll a coup attempt that failed in Equatorial Guinea.

The hearings today and tomorrow in Cape Town are on the legality of the government subpoena of Thatcher, a 51-year-old businessman who has lived in South African since 1995. He was arrested in Cape Town on August 25.