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January 30, 2013  DI STEFANO: 'DEVIL'S ADVOCATE' BLEW BENEFIT CHEAT'S CASHCANTERBURY, KENT A self-styled lawyer dubbed the 'Devil's Advocate' blew £70,000 he had promised to pay to the Department for Work and Pensions, a court heard. Giovanni Di Stefano, 57, allegedly spent the money after it was transferred to him by benefit fraudster Elizabeth de Villiers. She had conned the state out of more than £155,000 using a string of false identities and wanted to return the money she left before being sentenced. |
December 20, 2012  COOPER:OLD BAILEY TRIAL FOR WOMAN ACCUSED OF HARASSING RBS CHIEFBARNET, NORTH LONDON A woman accused of harassing the chief executive of RBS is to stand trial at the Old Bailey next year. Ruby Cooper, 52, allegedly sent an email to Stephen Hester on November 5 in breach of a restraining order which prevented her from contacting any employee of NatWest or the Royal Bank of Scotland. |
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November 20, 2012  TAYLOR-BAREFOOT: FUGITIVE FRAUDSTER BROUGHT TO JUSTICESHIFNAL, SHROPSHIRE; CITY OF LONDON A City conman who spent investors' savings on a 'lavish' lifestyle and fled to Australia was finally snared after he was arrested for drink driving. Robert Taylor-Barefoot, 34, skipped bail and fled his home days before he was due to stand trial over the £250,000 scam last year. The high spending broker's travel documents had not been seized, nor was he made subject of a financial surety, as part of his bail conditions. |
September 05, 2012 YAHYA: WATCH ROBBERS KICKED MAN IN THE CROWN JEWELSHAMPSTEAD, ISLINGTON, KINGS CROSS Two street robbers who kicked a man in the groin to rob him of this watch have been jailed. Zakariya Yahya, 18, was part of gang of seven young men who cornered Syed Muhammed Ali on Tottenham Court Road as they tried to snatch his £500 Mont Blanc watch. Yahya kicked Mr Ali between the legs as he knelt on the floor, while 19 year-old Zak Ejlilou and Mohammed Aziz, 18 rained down blows during the mugging. Yahya and Aziz were jailed at Blackfriars Crown court today for 18 months and 15 months respectively for their part in the mugging in the early hours of August 2 last year. |
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July 12, 2012  WOOD:SHARP SUITED PICKPOCKETS TARGETED DINERS IN 'TOUR OF BRITAIN'BRIGHTON, BRISTOL; MANCHESTER; YORK, SCARBOROUGH; CHISLEHURST, ORPINGTON, HEXTABLE, KENT Thieves posed as middle-aged businessmen to steal credit cards from diners and drinkers during a 'tour of Britain', a court heard. James Wood, 56, Jason Alder, 46, and Andrew Jenner, 55, donned smart suits to blend in with their surroundings at restaurants, bars and cafes across the country. They selected victims of a similar age to their own before skilfully stealing their wallets and replacing them minus their credit cards. |
April 13, 2012  ROSTAS: ROMANIAN PICKPOCKETS POSED AS BIG ISSUE SELLERS TO BUILD MANSIONSGRAVESEND, KENT Five members of a Romanian crime family who built palaces in their homeland with the proceeds of a massive pickpocketing spree were today (fri) jailed for up to 39 months. The clan swept through carriages stealing mobile phones and cash from scores of exhausted or tipsy commuters on late night trains out of London. The thieves, based in Gravesend, Kent, sold the phones for a profit at British and Romanian markets. They built up to five huge homes, including a 16-bedroom villa, in their home town Huedin, Transylvania and also own a fleet of luxury cars. |
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February 17, 2012  BAUMGARTNER: JAIL FOR DRAGON'S DEN CONMANHAMPSTEAD A Dragon's Den conman who blew £230,000 invested by Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis on himself and his girlfriend has been jailed for two years and eight months for the 'brazen and audacious fraud.' Jean-Claude Baumgartner, 50, duped the multi-millionaires into backing his 'Satski' satnav system for skiers. |
February 10, 2012 KING: LAWYER CLEARED OF SEX ASSAULTBOW A City lawyer was today (fri) cleared of sexually assaulting a young commuter on a packed Tube train. Christopher King, 47, claimed he simply responded to the alleged victim's flirtations on the westbound Central line carriage. |
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January 27, 2012 WILSON-COLE: JAIL FOR BLING DRUGS GANGISLINGTON Five members of a street gang which ran an 'open market' drugs store to keep themselves in bling jewellery and sports gear are behind bars today. The dealers peddled crack cocaine and heroin on a daily basis from a playground and community centre prompting a deluge of complaints to police from residents. |
December 16, 2011 CURRIE: DRUG DEALER CAUGHT IN POLICE STINGGREENHITHE, KENT A drug dealer was foiled by an undercover police officer after trying to sell him a kilo of 'high quality' cocaine, a court heard. Danny Currie, 35, and an accomplice had sold nine ounces of the drugs to the policeman and promised more. |
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November 09, 2011 MACK: BENT TOILET ROLL DEALER FACES JAILNOTTINGHAM A corrupt toilet roll supplier who took part in a £1m plot to win a cabling contract as part of Thameslink improvements is facing jail today (Weds). Company director Ian Mack, 45, paid Network Rail insider Matthew Hewitt £46,500 to favour his Nottinghamshire-based janitorial supplier Rail Order. |
November 07, 2011  PERRIN: 'CROOKED' ACCOUNTANTS EXPLOITED CELEBRITY DONATIONSTWICKENHAM/PINNER Two 'dishonest' accountants to the stars set up a multi-million pound tax scam which exploited clients' donations to charity, a court heard. Senior executives David Perrin, 46, and Robert Faichney, 53, 'cheated all of us' by helping wealthy customers offset their 40 per cent higher rate tax liabilities, it is alleged. They did so by enabling them to give 'grossly overvalued' shares in a string of companies as gifts to charity, it is claimed. The rebates were so inflated the donors had enough money to pay Perrin and Faichney their commission, give a cut to their financial advisers, and still make a profit, Blackfriars Crown Court heard. |
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