I feel like a corpse in a river, says Mark Thatcher as he faces court...

[Khephra]

I feel like a corpse in a river, says Mark Thatcher as he faces court grilling

Rory Carroll in Johannesburg
Thursday November 25, 2004
The Guardian

Sir Mark Thatcher must submit to questioning in South Africa over his alleged role in an attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea, a court ruled yesterday, compounding legal woes which he said had left him "destroyed".
A high court in Cape Town upheld a subpoena enabling investigators from Equatorial Guinea to grill Sir Mark, possibly as early as tomorrow, about a foiled attempt to overthrow the west African regime.

Lawyers for Lady Thatcher's son said the questioning would violate his constitutional rights to silence and affect his trial in South Africa, but that argument was rejected by the court.

The ruling came as Sir Mark, 51, spoke for the first time about his anguish over charges that left him feeling like a "corpse in a river".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/equatorialguinea/story/0,1501...

[Minstrel Boy]

1. "Certainly sir; what would you like to drink with that?"

Corpses in the river are an acquired taste of the Thatcher family.

[KlatooBNikto]

2. Should he be classified as an illegal combatant a la Rumsfeld?

[eleonora]

3. what a drama queen for a criminal n/t

[Ima]

4. Spoiled elitist

[pk_du]

5. Couldnt happen to a nicer POS freeloader n/t

[Dover]

6. ......be careful of your phrasing Thatcher. Some may take you literally.

.

[AP]

7. It also sounds like he's saying, "I'm guilty. I'm screwed."

Advice to potential defendants: if you're going to say something like this you have to add, "because I'm being railroaded."

[knowbody0]

8. next stop - venezuela

better luck there, chap?

[DulceDecorum]

9. Now THIS is what I call a reality show!!!

Severo Moto started off by whining that Obiang "wants to eat my testicles."

Nick du Toit (whose name is so very reminiscent of female circumcision) let the cat out of the bag and sang like a canary. Now he claims that he had so much help in hitting the high notes, that he should not even be given credit for lip-synching.

Meanwhile the other mercenaries are complaining that they are being given so much to eat and drink that they are getting too soft to return to brutalizing civilians.

Riggs bank, has collapsed after experiencing the fatal embrace of the Texan known as Allbritton. Embassies worldwide are looking askance. HSBC is hoping to over where BCCI left off and has therefore enlisted the services of Bond, Sir John Bond.

Scratcher has lain with dogs (no, that statement was not directed at his wife,) and has gotten up fleeced.

I hope the Baroness will hold off on singing for a while yet.
This saga is more entertaining than ANYTHING on the telly.

[Gyre]

10. A flair for the dramatic?

Screw that little beotch. Legally, that is.

Gyre

[daleo]

11. Had his coup worked, there would have been lots of innocent corpses

In the river. Win some, lose some, eh Sir Mark.

Somehow he will get off anyway, but at least the Thatcher character will be brought to light.