Crooked property developer has a mental ‘breakdown’ on his way to court

A fraudster who fleeced a property developer out of £2.5m was jailed for seven years in his absence after he suffered a mental ‘breakdown’ on his way to court. Elie Taktouk, 46, married Lebanese model Daniella Semaan, in Lebanon in 1998 but they split 13 years later when she left him for the former Arsenal and Chelsea star Cesc Fabregas, 34. Taktouk, son of the wealthy Yousseff Taktouk, lost his former family home in Belgravia to Miss Semaan, 46, and…