Convicted conman who dined with John Terry cleared of scamming restaurateur

A convicted conman who dined with Premier League footballers including Chelsea captain John Terry has been cleared of duping a Mayfair restaurateur out of £81,000 despite telling jurors: ‘Everybody knows I’m a crook.’ Faisal Madani, 56, was accused of fleecing three businessmen out of hundreds of thousands of pounds while offering loans of up to £5 million. He was a regular customer at the glitzy Lebanese Al Sultan eatery, where he would bring footballers, including Terry, 35, when he lunched…