Nightingale trial for ex Charlton star

A former Premier League player accused of carrying out a £5.3m investment fraud will be tried in one of London’s new Nightingale courts. Ex Charlton Athletic defender, Richard Rufus, 44, allegedly enticed investors into a massive foreign currency scam between 2007 and April 2012 Prosecutors claim money was not invested and was spent on ‘personal expenses and lifestyle.’ Rufus, who is out on bail, did not appear in a brief video-link hearing at Southwark Crown Court to set his trial…