Police hunt £1m fraud suspect

An accused fraudster charged with stealing more than £1m from a Commonwealth diplomat is being hunted by police after failing to attend court. Maurice Miskelly, 62, allegedly swindled £1.1m from Jamaican activist Patsy Robertson, who died from heart failure aged 86 on 25 August this year. Ms Robertson served as Director of Information for the Commonwealth Secretariat and Official Spokesperson for the Commonwealth between 1983 and 1994. According to the indictment, Miskelly duped the ambassador into handing over the money…

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