Chronic cokehead croupier conned casino

A croupier and his accomplice cheated one of London’s top casinos of more than £6,000, a court heard. Stuart Shipp, 36, who worked at Grosvenor Casino in Kensington operated a classic ‘cool bet’ scam on the roulette wheel with Charlie Bostridge, 27. The croupier took Bostridge’s bet without him calling a number and paid him – irrespective of where the ball landed. ‘He would touch his hair as a signal to Mr Bostridge,’ said prosecutor Rupert Kent. ‘He would see…