Thatcher fights to avoid coup interrogation

Sir Mark Thatcher, son of the former British prime minister, appeared in a South African magistrates’ court today for a televised hearing on charges that he helped bankroll a failed coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea.

The two day hearing is into the legality of the government subpoena of Thatcher, a 51-year-old businessman who has lived in South Africa since 1995. He was arrested in Cape Town in August.