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赤道ギニア・クーデター未遂：マーク・サッチャーに有罪判決（エル・ムンド、ＢＢＣニュース）
昨年３月に起きた赤道ギニアのクーデター未遂事件に関与して逮捕されていた、英国元首相マーガレット・サッチャーの息子マーク・サッチャーに対して、南アフリカの裁判所は有罪判決を言い渡す模様。ただし罰金刑（および４年の執行猶予つきの懲役）らしく、サッチャーは「家族の元に戻れることを考えると高すぎる、と言うことはない」と言っているとか。
これは１月１２日付のスペインの日刊紙エル・ムンド（電子版）の記事ですが、今は翻訳する時間がありませんので見出しのみをご紹介し、その代わりに同じ内容の記事を載せている１月１３日付のＢＢＣ ＮＥＷＳから英文を丸投げします。
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http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2005/01/12/internacional/1105563373.html
『マーガレット・サッチャーの息子、裁判官に軍事行動で有罪判決を受ける』（エル・ムンド：２００５年１月１２日付）
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4169557.stm
Thatcher gets fine over coup plot
Sir Mark Thatcher has pleaded guilty in South Africa over his part in an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea.
The son of former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was fined three million rand (£265,000) and received a four-year suspended jail sentence.
Sir Mark, who denies any knowledge of the plot, agreed a plea bargain with prosecutors.
He admitted breaking anti-mercenary legislation in South Africa by agreeing to charter a helicopter.
It has been reported the businessman said he did not know the helicopter's alleged purpose - that it was to be used in the coup attempt, instead believing it was to be used as an air ambulance.
Speaking outside court, Sir Mark said: "There is no price too high for me to pay to be reunited with my family and I am sure all of you who are husbands and fathers would agree with that."
He will now be able to leave South Africa for the first time in five months.
If Sir Mark was unable to pay the fine, he would incur a five-year prison sentence, with his four-year suspended sentence on top of that. The businessman, 51, was arrested in August at his home in South Africa and released on bail.
Sir Mark, who has lived in South Africa since 1995, was charged with violating anti-mercenary laws and barred from leaving the country pending investigations.
'Negligence'
News of Thursday's hearing in Cape Town came as a surprise. The defendant was not expected back in court until 18 February.
Sir Mark was expected to plead guilty of being negligent of investing in an aircraft "without taking proper investigations into what it would be used for".
However, Lady Thatcher's son said he believed he was investing in an air ambulance.
Sir Mark had previously sought to avoid questioning by investigators from Equatorial Guinea.
He said the questions would infringe on his right to silence and would impact on his trial in South Africa as well as Equatorial Guinea should he later be extradited.
Extradition bid
Last year 14 defendants were found guilty of a role in an alleged plot to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has ruled Africa's third-largest oil producer for the past 25 years.
Nick du Toit was jailed for 34 years, while opposition leader Severo Moto, who is in exile in Spain, was given 63 years in absentia.
Both men escaped the death penalty demanded by the prosecution. Officials there have said they will seek Sir Mark's extradition from South Africa to face charges there.
Equatorial Guinea alleges Sir Mark and other mainly British financiers worked with African mercenaries and six Armenian pilots in a takeover attempt foiled in March.
Sir Mark is expected to return to the US to be with his family after Thursday's court hearing.
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