A 45-YEAR-OLD BUSINESSWOMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY DECEIVED

A 45-YEAR-OLD BUSINESSWOMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY DECEIVED THREE
PEOPLE INTO PAYING HER #59,000 FOR LUXURY HOLIDAY HOMES IN FLORIDA,
WAS ACQUITTED BY AN OLD BAILEY JURY TODAY.

(FRIDAY)
CATHERINE TAYLOR, DIRECTOR OF MULTIPROPERTY SERVICE
INCORPORATED, IN HIGH STREET, BURNHAM, BUCKS, HAD BLAMED HER FAILURE
TO PROVIDE BEACHFRONT HOLIDAY HOMES ON A ROW WITH HER BUILDER AND
PROBLEMS WITH HER BANK.

SHE HAD DENIED FOUR CHARGES OF OBTAINING MONEY BY DECEPTION.

MISS TAYLOR, OF FAULKNER WAY, DOWNLEY, HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKS HAD
TOLD THE JURY HER PROBLEMS STARTED WHEN SHE HAD BEEN FORCED TO PAY A
BUILDER OVER 11,000 US DOLLARS OUT OF HER OWN FUNDS.

HER CREDIT FACILITIES WERE THEN WITHDRAWN BY HER FINANCE
COMPANY.

SHE CLAIMED IT WAS BECAUSE ONE OF THE FINANCE BOSSES WAS A
CLOSE FRIEND OF THE BUILDER.

MRS.

YOLANDA SADKA OF WESTMERE DRIVE, MILL HILL, HAD PAID
#25,000 FOR A PROPERTY IN THE EXCLUSIVE GULF PINES DEVELOPMENT ON THE
GULF OF MEXICO.

MR.

JAMES GITSHAM AND MR.

CHARLES RUSSEL, PARTNERS IN AN
ENGINEERING COMPANY AT EAVESHOLME, WOODLANDS, GERARDS CROSS –
THEMSELVES PROPERTY DEVELOPERS – ASKED TO BUY TWO PLOTS AND PAID
#34,375.

MISS TAYLOR WHO WAS WORKING IN A FISH AND CHIP SHOP AT THE
TIME OF HER ARREST, ADMITTED THAT THERE WAS NO CHANCE SHE COULD REPAY
ANY OF HER CLIENTS.

ENDS/