Film producers guilty of movie investment scam

Two film producers who span a ‘web of lies’ to get taxpayers to finance a BAFTA nominated film attacking press ethics wept today (fri) as they were warned they face jail. Christopher Walsh Atkins, 40, and Christina Slater, 37, along with fellow producer Terence Potter, 55, took advantage of a government scheme to support home-grown films. Atkins and Slater vastly inflated invoice costs to ensure they received investment for Starsuckers – described as a ‘critique of the rise of the…