Crook who fleeced investors of £2.3m is set to walk free under early release scheme

A crooked businessman who was locked up for nine years for a £2.3m investment scam could be eligible for early release due to prison overcrowding, a court heard. Clint Canning, 46, persuaded 172 investors to plough their cash into a fixed-odds betting scheme for trades that did not take place while he enjoyed a lavish lifestyle. The Irishman laundered the proceeds through a series of Bulgarian bank accounts with the help of his wife, 38-year-old Eleise Wallace. She had once…