Tobacco baroness blamed boyfriend

A prolific Chinese tobacco importer tried to blame her boyfriend when she was caught trying to cheat the revenue out of £25,000, a court heard. Rulyun Zhou, 38, was allegedly caught with more than 11 kilos of loose tobacco ready to be packed up and sold on the black market, in December 2016. Christopher Foulkes, prosecuting, told jurors she also kept notes in Mandarin referring to her dealings and a message on her iPhone said: ‘Can you come today, I…