Gold mine ‘fraudsters’ in court

Three men accused of carrying out a multi-million pound gold mine investment fraud have appeared in court. John Andrews, 50, Steven Mayne, 38, and Brian Williams, 38, allegedly conspired to defraud 343 investors out of £5.4million between May 2013 and April 2015. The allegations relate to a firm called IPR Capital Ltd which sold partnerships in a gold mining company in Ecuador as investments. Andrews, of Peel Road, Orpington, Kent, Mayne, of Colherne Road, Earl’s Court, Williams, of Brambles Close,…