‘I’m sorry I lost your money’

A former Premier League star accused of duping investors out of £15m said he is ‘absolutely remorseful’ for losing his family and friends tens of thousands of pounds. Former Charlton Athletic defender Richard Rufus, 47, drove a Bentley and lived on an exclusive private estate on the money he was swindling, jurors have heard. Rufus, who was capped six times by the England under-21s, denies fraud and claims he was trying to make money for his friends and associates by…