Thatcher shrugs off E Guinea's bid to arrest him

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's son shrugged off Equatorial Guinea's attempts to have him arrested for his alleged role in a plot to overthrow the country, according to a newspaper report on Saturday. The West African country has issued a warrant for Mark Thatcher's arrest for his role in helping to finance and organise a coup plot.

Shackled Simon Mann names names

Wearing handcuffs and leg-irons in an African prison, the former SAS soldier who tried to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea in a coup d'état on Tuesday claimed the main instigator of the plot was the London-based Lebanese millionaire Ely Calil.

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