Sir Mark Thatcher was planning a move from South Africa to Texas when
he was arrested over the alleged involvement in a coup plot, a South
African prosecutor said today. Margaret Thatcher's son was under house
arrest today and facing the possibility of 15 years in jail after being
accused over an alleged plot to overthrow the government of oil-rich
Equatorial Guinea. The 51-year-old, who denies
the charge, was arrested early yesterday at his Cape Town home and
appeared in court in the city later that day. Today Makhosini Nkosi, a
spokesman for the National Prosecuting Authority, said: "It does appear
that he was planning to leave the country. The house was on the market,
he had disposed of some of the cars, and there were suitcases around
the house which indicated they were planning to leave. He did confirm
he was planning to relocate to Texas." [more ]
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