‘I was going to buy more bags – but the buyers were busy’

The boss of a designer handbag brand accused of a £300,000 con has claimed she was not misleading investors and was just distracted by ‘the middle of the fashion season.’ Elle Tyree, who is behind Sophia Beckford brand, is said to have swindled Churchside Estates Ltd out of £133,481 and Corporate Commercial Collections Ltd of £187,159 between 2015 and 2016. She is told investors the had an order for handbags from a US department store chain, Inner London Crown Court…