Dotcom millionaire who ‘duped’ Reform boss admits he never had meetings with Apple

A former dotcom millionaire who boasted about having ‘negotiations with Apple’ to secure investment for his social media start-up has admitted never meeting anyone from the company. Robert Bonnier, a businessman once handed a record fine for misleading the stock market, is embroiled in a bitter legal row with Reform treasurer Nick Candy. Bonnier, 56, is said to have enticed Candy into a multi-million-pound investment in one of his firms, a fledgling social media company called Aaqua. It is alleged…