MYSTERY SURROUNDS THE CASE OF THE MISSING COGNAC, LONDON'S HIGH
COURT HEARD TODAY. (TUES)
BRANDY WORTH MORE THAN #7000 DISAPPEARED WITHOUT TRACE EN ROUTE
FROM COGNAC, FRANCE, TO EXETER, IT
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A BUSINESSMAN - BRANDED A LIAR BY THE HIGH
CLEVER FRAUDSTER ANTHONY NEWTON WHO CARRIED OUT A 'METICULOUS'
SERIES OF FRAUDS CONNING PEOPLE OUT OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS, WAS
JAILED FOR FOUR AND A HALF YEARS TODAY (FRI).
NEWTON SAMPLED THE
A MOTORCYCLIST WHO BROKE AN ARM AND A LEG WHEN HE WAS KNOCKED OFF
HIS BIKE IN A ROAD SMASH LOST HIS HIGH COURT BID TO WIN DAMAGES TODAY
(THURS).
GARY RIDGEWAY, 24, WAS INJURED WHEN THE SUZUKI
A 29 YEARS OLD SOUTH LAMBETH ENGINEER TOOK ENOUGH ALCOHOL TO
'ANAESTHETISE' A PERSON - THEN KILLED HIMSELF BY BREATHING CARBON
MONOXIDE FUMES FROM HIS CAR.
PHILIP TOOLEY'S MOTHER, BRIDG
A CONFUSED TEENAGER WHO SET FIRE TO THE YOUNG OFFENDERS UNIT
WHERE HE WAS STAYING WAS CLEARED OF ARSON AT THE OLD BAILEY ON
TUESDAY.
BUT MARK REUBEN, 17, WAS FOUND GUILTY OF DAMAGING PROP
AN IRATE BOYFRIEND DIDN'T 'SAY IT WITH FLOWERS' WHEN HE ATTACKED
HIS GIRLFRIEND'S FORMER BOSS - A FLORIST.
CUSTOMERS IN THE CROWDED SHOP WATCHED IN HORROR AS DARREN
RODERICK, 18, PUNCHED RI
CHEEKY DRUGS DEALER VANCLIN SAMUELS USED HIS LOCAL BOOKMAKERS AS
A VENUE TO SELL HIS WARES, DISHING OUT HIS STOCK FROM UNDER THE
CARPET.
THE UNEMPLOYED CHAUFFEUR SPENT HIS AFTERNOONS IN THE
A LEGAL EXECUTIVE WORKING FOR A CITY FIRM OF SOLICITORS
WENT ON A 'SPEND SPEND SPEND' SPREE AFTER LINING HIS POCKETS
WITH STOLEN CASH, A COURT HEARD.
RAYMOND ABRAHAMS USED HIS ILL GOTTEN GAINS
A COVENTRY MAN WHO PERSAUDED HIS GIRLFRIEND TO SMUGGLE #15,000
WORTH OF CANNABIS INTO BRITAIN FOR HIM HAS BEEN JAILED FOR FOUR
YEARS.
'ANYBODY WHO QUITE DELIBERATELY SET TO WORK TO ORGANISE
