A lengthy trial in which Andrew would have spent huge amounts of time on the stand has been avoided, albeit at gigantic financial cost.
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/ 29 November 2009
Simon Mann, a British mercenary jailed for plotting against the government of Equatorial Guinea, has said SA tacitly supported a failed 2004 coup.
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/ 22 November 2009
Mercenary Nick du Toit has told how he was threatened with death by an adviser to Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.
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/ 13 November 2009
Mark Thatcher may never be prosecuted in the UK for his role in the failed coup in Equatorial Guinea, say senior British law enforcement sources.
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/ 7 November 2009
The investigation into Sir Mark Thatcher’s role in the failed coup in Equatorial Guinea could be hindered by legal obstacles.
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/ 6 November 2009
Documents detailing Mark Thatcher’s alleged involvement in the botched coup in Equatorial Guinea are among evidence being examined by Scotland Yard.
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/ 5 November 2009
Simon Mann has vowed to testify against Sir Mark Thatcher, who he alleges was a co-conspirator in the Equatorial Guinea coup plot.
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/ 4 November 2009
Head of Equatorial Guinea supreme court says there is ”uncontrovertible evidence” the former prime minister’s son helped finance the coup.
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/ 3 November 2009
Simon Mann, who was sentenced to 34 years in prison in Equatorial Guinea in 2008 for plotting a coup, has been granted a presidential pardon.
A statement read on state-run radio in Equatorial Guinea says a court is expected to issue a verdict shortly in the case of Simon Mann.
Government lawyers displayed a contract in court on Friday as proof that Simon Mann played a key role in a plot to overthrow E Guinea’s president.
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The Scorpions must be disbanded because they are a counter-revolutionary force out to destroy African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma and destabilise the party, the Umkhonto weSizwe Veterans’ Association (MKVA) said on Saturday.
A Briton accused of masterminding a failed coup in Equatorial Guinea is being held illegally and has been denied access to his lawyer since he was charged in February, a defence attorney said on Saturday. British mercenary Simon Mann was secretly deported to the West African state of Equatorial Guinea on January 31 from Zimbabwe.
A British mercenary awaiting trial in Equatorial Guinea for leading a failed 2004 coup has said the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was involved in the plot, the public prosecutor said on Sunday. Jose Olo said former British special forces officer Simon Mann had testified that Mark Thatcher knew all about the scheme to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.
Mark Thatcher, the son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, has married again in a secret ceremony in Gibraltar, according to a London Sunday newspaper. Thatcher (54) married Sarah Russell (42) after a three-year courtship, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
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.
Equatorial Guinea issued a request for an Interpol arrest warrant for Mark Thatcher on Friday, in connection with his alleged involvement in a failed coup attempt in the west African country five years ago. Thatcher is accused of helping the British mercenary Simon Mann to stage a coup.
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/ 31 January 2008
A court in Zimbabwe dismissed an appeal against the extradition of Simon Mann, a former British special forces officer accused of leading a coup plot to topple the government in the oil-rich West African nation of Equatorial Guinea, his lawyers said on Thursday. Mann’s lawyers had argued he would face torture and a likely death sentence if extradited Equatorial Guinea.
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/ 31 January 2008
Zimbabwe’s High Court ruled on Wednesday that a former British special forces officer could be extradited to Equatorial Guinea to face coup-plot charges, rejecting arguments that he might be tortured. Simon Mann was jailed in 2004 and was briefly released after serving his sentence in May last year.
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