The Times
By Daniel McGrory and Andrew Pierce
SIR MARK THATCHER will seek help from the British Government to prevent him being extradited to one of the worst prisons in Africa.
His lawyers say he will fight any attempt by prosecutors in Equatorial Guinea to charge him with bankrolling a coup in the oil-rich West African state.
Sir Mark’s name was read out yesterday during a trial in the capital, Malabo, with some of the alleged coup leaders.
The son of Baroness Thatcher was accused in court by Jose Olo Obono, Equatorial Guinea’s Attorney-General, of being one of the main financiers of the attempted coup in March.
Jeffrey Archer was another identified in court, for allegedly providing $240,000 (£129,000) to the coup organisers. Lawyers for the disgraced Tory party chairman deny that he had any involvement with the alleged coup.
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