Southwark Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 31 verdicts at Southwark Crown Court (London). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Ollie Holman

Fraud

July 24, 2025

Sentence: seven years imprisonment and a Serious Crime Prevention Order

Ollie Holman created and sold 1,052 phishing kits that contained fraudulent webpages designed to harvest personal and financial information, including account log-in and bank details. These kits were used by fraudsters to scam victims out of £100m, targeting 69 financial institutions, large organisations, and charities across 24 countries. He provided technical support and advice via the encrypted messaging app Telegram. Holman was arrested following a search of his university dorm room in Canterbury in October 2023 and at his London address in May 2024.

Pleaded to seven counts. Profited from illegal enterprise, funding a lavish lifestyle. Confiscation proceedings to be pursued.

Sources: bbc.co.uk

Paul Clarkson

Money laundering

July 22, 2025

Sentence: 20 months imprisonment, suspended for 2 years, and 180 hours of unpaid work

Paul Clarkson, aged 46, participated in a £6 million investment scam that targeted over 150 elderly victims. He was appointed as a group director of Equitable Law Capital despite lacking relevant experience and assisted in money laundering activities, which involved disguising funds from fraudulent investments made through Sable Intl Ltd, resulting in significant financial losses including one of £250,000.

Convicted of money laundering; son of David Clarkson and involved in the fraudulent schemes.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Anthony Flaton

Conspiracy to defraud

July 22, 2025

Sentence: 5 years imprisonment

Anthony Flaton, aged 39, was involved in a £6 million investment scam targeting over 150 elderly people. He helped operate fraudulent schemes via Sable Intl Ltd and Equitable Law Capital, using internet advertising, cold calling, and forged documents to deceive victims into investing, leading to losses of life savings with the largest at £250,000, and laundered money through accounts in Mauritius.

Convicted of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering; received commission payments through offshore accounts.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

David Clarkson

Conspiracy to defraud

July 22, 2025

Sentence: 7.5 years imprisonment

David Clarkson, aged 70, was the apparent mastermind of a £6 million investment scam operated through companies like Sable Intl Ltd and Equitable Law Capital. The gang targeted over 150 elderly people aged 60 to 90 using high-pressure sales tactics, cold calling, forged documents, and impersonation of insurance brokers to defraud them. Victims lost life savings, with the largest individual loss being £250,000. The scam involved fake investment schemes promising 7% returns, but no genuine investments were made. Money was laundered through various accounts, including those in the Seychelles, Switzerland, and Mauritius.

Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud, money laundering, and perverting the course of justice.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Graham Milner

Money laundering

July 22, 2025

Sentence: 3 years and 6 months imprisonment

Graham Milner, aged 55, participated in a £6 million investment scam targeting over 150 elderly people. He was involved in money laundering activities related to fraudulent investment schemes operated through Sable Intl Ltd and Equitable Law Capital, which used high-pressure sales, forged documents, and impersonation to defraud victims, leading to significant financial losses including one case of £250,000.

Lillian Milner

Conspiracy to defraud

July 22, 2025

Sentence: 5 years and 6 months imprisonment

Lillian Milner, aged 57, was involved in a £6 million investment scam that targeted over 150 elderly people. She worked with others to operate fraudulent schemes through companies like Sable Intl Ltd and Equitable Law Capital, using high-pressure tactics, forged documents, and impersonation of brokers to deceive victims into handing over money. The scam resulted in victims losing life savings, with the largest loss being £250,000, and involved laundering money through various accounts.

Convicted of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering; used proceeds to buy a Porsche.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Mark Fallon

Conspiracy to defraud

July 22, 2025

Sentence: 4 years and 6 months imprisonment

Mark Fallon, aged 60, was part of a gang behind a £6 million investment scam that targeted over 150 elderly victims. He used his position to facilitate fraudulent activities through companies like Sable Intl Ltd and a newly set-up law firm, employing high-pressure tactics, forged documents, and impersonation to steal money, resulting in victims losing life savings with the largest loss at £250,000.

Convicted of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering; was a solicitor involved in the schemes.

Sources: manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Muhammed Mustafa Darr

Misconduct in public office

July 5, 2025

Sentence: 3 years and 4 months imprisonment

Muhammed Mustafa Darr, a Metropolitan Police officer, stole bank cards from two dead men, Howard Smith and Alasdair Burnside, and used one to purchase a Fitbit watch and Apple products worth £637. He also took a laptop and a Louis Vuitton bag from a suspect's vehicle, violating the bodies of the deceased.

Admitted to misconduct in public office; stole items from deceased individuals and used their bank cards for personal purchases.

Sources: birminghammail.co.uk

Redinel Korfuzi

Conspiracy to Commit Insider Dealing

July 4, 2025

Sentence: 6 years imprisonment

Redinel Korfuzi, a £500,000 a year City analyst, made £1m through insider trading while working from home during the Coronavirus lockdown. He ran the scheme from the living room of his flat in Marylebone and provided information to his sister.

Convicted of conspiracy to commit insider dealing and money laundering after a three-month trial. He ran the scheme and fed information to his sister Oerta Korfuzi.

Sources: courtnewsuk.co.uk

Sabajet Shuti

Murder

June 30, 2025

Sentence: 27 years imprisonment

Sabajet Shuti, 32, pulled out a large blade and twice knifed Lumturi Zeqja, 27, to death outside Leo’s Bar and Grill on Church Lane, Leytonstone, east London, on 16 October 2022, during a mass brawl. He then stabbed another Albanian, Dilaver Capa, who survived his injuries.

Fled to Dubai after the incident. Pulled out a large blade during a mass brawl and continued to brandish the knife.

Sources: courtnewsuk.co.uk

Trevor Gocan

Manslaughter

June 26, 2025

Sentence: 12 years imprisonment

Trevor Gocan assaulted his 74-year-old neighbour, James O'Neill, during a dispute over shutting a gate at their Covent Garden estate in Central London on October 6, 2024. He delivered a forceful punch that knocked out a tooth and followed it with kicks, including a strong kick that fractured three ribs, leading to Mr. O'Neill's death in hospital on October 21, 2024. The incident occurred in public view and involved no visible threat from the victim, who was wearing shorts and crocs at the time.

Convicted of manslaughter after a trial where he claimed self-defence. The judge noted the violence was towards the higher end of category B, aggravated by the use of a shod foot, and highlighted his lack of remorse at the time, though later remorse was accepted as genuine. He had no prior convictions but received a caution for common assault in 2012.

Sources: chroniclelive.co.uk

Abdi-Rahman Khaliif-Ali

Assault with intent to rob

June 25, 2025

Sentence: Life imprisonment with a minimum term of 4 years and 9 months

Abdi-Rahman Khaliif-Ali followed an undercover police officer and offered to guide him, then violently grabbed the officer from behind, strangling him in an attempt to steal a luxury watch. This occurred as part of an undercover operation investigating street robberies in London. The attack left the officer with a swollen lip, swelling, and cuts to his face. Khaliif-Ali was arrested when another police officer intervened.

Pleaded guilty to assault with intent to rob and intentional strangulation. He was on licence at the time of the attack. Prosecutors described him as a violent individual determined to steal the victim’s watch by any means necessary.

Sources: mylondon.news

Christian Whittingham

Robbery

June 20, 2025

Sentence: 10 years and six months imprisonment

Christian Whittingham participated in a group that surveilled and perpetrated robberies on 25 and 26 June 2024 in Stratton Street and Brewer Street, Mayfair. The group used threats of violence against victims to steal high-value watches, with two watches taken. The offenders were identified through CCTV and arrested on 30 July 2024.

Zarwl Brahim

Robbery

June 17, 2025

Sentence: Jailed for a total of 11 years (shared with two others)

Zarwl Brahim, 30, along with Ahmed Zarzor, grabbed a £10,000 Hublot watch from Brendan Coster in Marylebone on 20 July 2024, as part of a series of high value watch robberies in the West End. They escaped in a car driven by Mohamed Kaya, who drove at the victim.

Ahmed Zarzor

Robbery

June 17, 2025

Sentence: Jailed for a total of 11 years (shared with two others)

Ahmed Zarzor, 29, along with Zarwl Brahim, grabbed a £10,000 Hublot watch from Brendan Coster while he was taking his elderly mother to a hotel in Marylebone on 20 July 2024. They carried out a series of high value watch robberies in the West End and escaped in a car driven by Mohamed Kaya, who drove straight at Mr Coster during the getaway.

Mohamed Kaya

Robbery

June 17, 2025

Sentence: Jailed for a total of 11 years (shared with two others)

Mohamed Kaya, 36, drove the car used in the robbery, driving straight at Brendan Coster during the getaway after Ahmed Zarzor and Zarwl Brahim grabbed a £10,000 Hublot watch from him in Marylebone on 20 July 2024, as part of a series of high value watch robberies in the West End.

Romilio St Clair

Fraud by abuse of position

June 3, 2025

Sentence: Suspended sentence of two years imprisonment

Romilio St Clair, a 43-year-old married father-of-two, abused his position as a banker at HSBC on Fulham Broadway in West London. Between November 2017 and October 2019, he made 22 transfers from his till to an unmanned till, stealing £280,000 to fund his gambling addiction. He hid the problem from his family until an internal bank investigation in early 2020 uncovered the theft. St Clair confessed to his bosses and repaid £11,000 from his pension pot, but the rest of the money was spent on gambling with little prospect of recovery.

Pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position. Suffered from a severe gambling addiction, as confirmed by NHS psychologist Dr Matt Gaskell, who noted a loss of cognitive control. Judge Sally-Ann Hales KC considered his previous good character, lack of recent offending, and family obligations, including his wife's NHS job and his role as a father.

Sources: mylondon.news

Che Homersham

Misconduct in public office

May 13, 2025

Sentence: 6 months imprisonment

Che Homersham, a former Met constable, pursued a 16-year-old girl he met while attending a domestic incident in December 2018. Over several weeks, he sent intimate messages and touched her inappropriately, leading to his arrest in December 2023.

Investigated by the Met’s Anti-Corruption and Abuse Command. Resigned from the Met in January 2024. A misconduct hearing found breaches of professional standards of behaviour in respect of discreditable conduct, honesty and integrity, and authority, respect and courtesy.

Sources: news.met.police.uk

Mahad Jammeh

Robbery

April 17, 2025

Sentence: 8 years imprisonment

Mahad Jammeh was involved in a group that conducted surveillance and executed robberies on 25 and 26 June 2024 in Stratton Street and Brewer Street, Mayfair. The group threatened victims with violence to steal high-value watches, resulting in two watches being stolen. The offenders were linked via CCTV and arrested on 30 July 2024.

Tedros Haile

Robbery

April 17, 2025

Sentence: 11 years imprisonment

Tedros Haile was part of a group that conducted surveillance and carried out robberies on 25 and 26 June 2024 in Stratton Street and Brewer Street, Mayfair. The group threatened victims with violence to steal high-value watches, with two watches successfully taken. The offenders were identified through CCTV footage and arrested on 30 July 2024.

Pleaded guilty to one count of robbery and was found guilty of a further count of robbery and one charge of attempted robbery.

Sources: news.met.police.uk

Roger Clerice

Conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering

April 15, 2024

Sentence: 12 months imprisonment suspended for two years and 100 hours of unpaid work

Roger Clerice, a former sergeant from Colchester, was involved in the fraud at the Ministry of Defence’s administrative headquarters. He participated in manipulating the Joint Personnel Administration system for fraudulent expenses and allowances between 2014 and 2016.

Worked as a sergeant and Stelmach-Purdie’s line manager, receiving £11,278.90 from the fraud.

Sources: kidderminstershuttle.co.uk

Peter Wilson

Conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering

April 15, 2024

Sentence: two years imprisonment suspended for two years and 200 hours of unpaid work

Peter Wilson, a former lance sergeant who retired from the Army in October 2015, was involved in a fraud scheme at the Ministry of Defence. He had £378,662.26 pass through his bank account, retaining £149,781. The fraud involved manipulating the Joint Personnel Administration system for expenses and allowances between 2014 and 2016, using coded texts for money transfers.

Admitted to conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering. He has Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease and works at a ground maintenance company. The judge noted his potential as a Paralympian.

Sources: kidderminstershuttle.co.uk

Lee Richards

Conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering

April 15, 2024

Sentence: two years imprisonment suspended for two years and 200 hours of unpaid work

Lee Richards, a former lance sergeant from Amesbury, made over 100 fraudulent claims between March 2015 and January 2016, involving £434,825, by manipulating the Ministry of Defence’s online platform for expenses and allowances after being approached by Aaron Stelmach-Purdie.

Convicted of more than 100 fraudulent claims and retained approximately £160,000. He was approached by Stelmach-Purdie due to pressure and worked as a storeman at the barracks.

Sources: kidderminstershuttle.co.uk

Aaron Stelmach-Purdie

Conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering

April 15, 2024

Sentence: Three years and four months imprisonment

Aaron Stelmach-Purdie, a 34-year-old from Oldham, made fraudulent claims on the Joint Personnel Administration system for operational allowances, subsistence allowances, and air fares, stealing nearly £1 million by involving others and using their bank accounts to hide the money between November 2014 and January 2016.

Judge Philip Bartle KC noted he had a leading role in the fraud and was central to the offences, having previously been a successful soldier.

Sources: worcesternews.co.uk

Allan O’Neil

Conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering

April 15, 2024

Sentence: 12-month community order and 100 hours unpaid work

Allan O’Neil, a 48-year-old military sergeant employed at Regent’s Park Barracks, helped defraud the Ministry of Defence by allowing false claims to be passed through his bank account, resulting in £6,615.80 being stolen through fraudulent activities on the Joint Personnel Administration system between November 2014 and January 2016.

Sentenced by Judge Philip Bartle KC for money laundering and conspiracy to commit fraud.

Sources: worcesternews.co.uk

Anthony Sharwood

Conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering

April 15, 2024

Sentence: 15 months imprisonment suspended for two years and 100 hours of unpaid work

Anthony Sharwood, from Bromsgrove, was involved in eight fraudulent expenses claims totalling £28,935 between January 2015 and November 2015, as part of a scheme manipulating the Ministry of Defence’s Joint Personnel Administration system.

A former corporal in the Royal Marines who retired in January of the current year, involved in eight fraudulent claims.

Sources: kidderminstershuttle.co.uk

Samina Khan

Theft by employment

February 17, 2020

Sentence: Two years imprisonment suspended for two years and 250 hours community service

Samina Khan, employed as a bookkeeper and secretary for Landmark and Duram Properties, stole £1,185,955 from her employers over a 13-year period from 2004 by fiddling the books, forging signatures, and destroying cheque books. She used the stolen funds to purchase luxury cars such as Aston Martins, BMWs, Porsches, and Audis, as well as personalised number plates. The thefts were discovered in 2017 when a suspicious transaction was noticed, leading to her admission. She claimed the thefts began to repay her husband's debts and provide for her child, though the offending predated the child's birth. The Murad family felt utterly betrayed by her actions.

Pleaded guilty to the charges. The judge noted her remorse and family circumstances, including her husband's mental health issues and the potential impact on her son, as reasons for suspending the sentence.

Sources: courtnewsuk.co.uk

Stephen Douglas-Hogg

Indecent assault

April 11, 2012

Sentence: 4.5 years imprisonment

Stephen Douglas-Hogg, a former choirmaster and classics teacher at St Paul’s Cathedral Choir School, sexually abused five boys under the age of 14 in the 1980s. He indecently assaulted them by supervising their bath times, entering their dormitories at night to fondle them, holding masturbation classes, and forcing boys on his football team to play without underwear while checking them. The abuse occurred in various school settings, including bedrooms and the chapel, and involved grooming the boys as a 'father figure'. He was sacked in 1989, and charges were brought in 2008.

Admitted 13 counts of indecent assault on five boys under 14. Banned from working with children indefinitely and ordered to sign the sex offenders register indefinitely. Judge noted his hypocrisy, lack of remorse, and that he put victims through ordeal by initially denying charges.

Sources: courtnewsuk.co.uk

Murray Hatcher

Indecent exposure

April 11, 2012

Sentence: 18 months imprisonment

On March 29, 2012, Murray Hatcher performed a sex act on himself on a train from Brixton to Penge East, leaving semen on a sleeping ballet dancer's hair, clothing, and handbag. The victim, who had been awake for over 24 hours after a party, woke up to find the substance and reported it to the police. Hatcher was identified through DNA evidence and had a history of similar offences, including a prior conviction in 2007.

Pleaded guilty to the offence. Judge described it as a sickening and vile offence, noting the potential for serious psychological harm to victims. He breached conditions of a previous suspended sentence from 2007.

Sources: courtnewsuk.co.uk

Elda Beguinua

Fraud

July 1, 2010

Sentence: five years imprisonment

Elda Beguinua impersonated a wealthy aristocrat, claiming to be an heir to trillions in gold bullion and gems hidden in the Philippines. She deceived victims by fabricating stories of sunken ships and humanitarian projects, persuading them to provide money to access her supposed fortune, which they never recovered. The fraud took place between 2003 and 2004, involving aliases such as Dr de Avila and Contessa Beguinua, and included obtaining services and property by deception, as well as attempting to remove criminal property from the UK.

Convicted of fraud charges; judge dismissed her claims of possessing a vast fortune and noted her prior mindset as a fraudster. She has previous convictions for similar offenses.

Sources: courtnewsuk.co.uk

Ashok Mahajan

Attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent

February 19, 2010

Sentence: indefinite imprisonment for public protection with a minimum of five years before parole eligibility

Ashok Mahajan attacked a barrister, a solicitor, and a pupil barrister by throwing hydrochloric acid at them in the High Court on October 15, 2009, after his race discrimination claim was dismissed. He smuggled the acid in a medicine bottle past security, causing burns to the victims, including a burned eye and melted clothing. Mahajan had a history of courtroom outbursts and believed he was targeted by a 'Nazi' plot by the legal profession.

Pleaded not guilty; convicted after a three-week trial. Judge Nicholas Lorraine-Smith described him as the most difficult defendant he had ever dealt with and noted his obsessional hatred of the legal profession, indicating a significant risk of further offences.

Sources: courtnewsuk.co.uk

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