Mann faces 10 years jail over coup attempt linked to Mark Thatcher
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Simon Mann, the leader of the failed Equatorial Guinea coup attempt that led to the arrest of Sir Mark Thatcher, was last night facing up to 10 years in jail after being found guilty of attempting to possess dangerous weapons by a court in Zimbabwe.
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A ZIMBABWE court yesterday convicted Briton Simon Mann, a former SAS and Scots Guards officer, of attempting to buy weapons for an attempted coup in the oil-rich West African state of Equatorial Guinea.
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Mark Thatcher, the son of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, has been arrested in South Africa on suspicion of involvement in a mercenary plot against the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.
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The wild tale of Mark Thatcher -- Margaret's son -- who is accused of helping to finance an African coup plot
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HARARE, Zimbabwe, Sept. 10 -- A Zimbabwean court jailed a former British special services officer for seven years Friday in a case prosecutors linked to a foiled coup attempt in the oil-rich country of Equatorial Guinea.
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Mark Thatcher, the son of British former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, will plead guilty to charges of bankrolling an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea in a Cape Town court in a plea bargain with the state, a source close to him said.
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Prosecutors in Equatorial Guinea today confirmed that they are charging Sir Mark Thatcher in connection with an alleged coup plot in the oil-rich west African nation.
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Simon Mann, the alleged British mastermind of a foiled coup in Equatorial Guinea, has been deported from Zimbabwe to face trial in Malabo, his lawyer said on Friday.
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Mark Thatcher, the son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, will plead guilty to charges of funding an attempted coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, according to reports quoting legal sources.
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British mercenary Simon Mann, who was extradited from Zimbabwe to Equatorial Guinea at the weekend, visited in prison by the US ambassador and his deputy
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Mark Thatcher, who denies funding a  foiled coup in Africa, has agreed a plea bargain with a South  African court in return for a lighter sentence, a family source  said on Wednesday.
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Ex-SAS officer Simon Mann is due to be sentenced for attempting to buy arms for a coup plot which allegedly involved Sir Mark Thatcher.
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A South African magistrate ordered Mark Thatcher to return to court on April 8 to face charges that he helped finance an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea.
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HARARE : A court in Zimbabwe found Briton Simon Mann guilty of attempting to illegally buy arms to stage a putsch in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea but acquitted 66 other defendants of involvement in the alleged coup.
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PRETORIA -- Sir Mark Thatcher, son of the former British prime minister, avoided jail and agreed to pay a $500,000 fine yesterday after pleading guilty for what he called his unwitting role in a failed plot last year to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea, a tiny, oil-rich West African nation long ruled by a dictator.
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An MP has urged the government to seek the release of a Briton accused of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea. Simon Mann, a former SAS commander, has been sentenced to seven years in jail by a Zimbabwe court for illegally trying to buy weapons of war.
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Former British SAS officer Simon Mann is convicted of attempting to buy arms for an alleged Equatorial Guinea coup plot.