Six years for tax cheat who bought BHS for £1

A serial bankrupt who cheated the taxman out of £600,000 after he bought BHS from Sir Philip Green for £1 was jailed for six years. Dominic Chappell, 53, blamed Sir Philip for the collapse of the department store chain and maintained he would have been able to pay his taxes ‘had BHS not failed’. But on the day he was due to pay a £90,000 tax bill he went out and bought an £86,000 Bentley, Southwark Crown Court heard. The…

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