Southwark Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 390 verdicts at Southwark Crown Court (London). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

September 2024 3 cases

Anna Holland

Causing criminal damage exceeding £5,000 *

Sentence

20 months imprisonment

Anna Holland and Phoebe Plummer threw tins of tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting at the National Gallery in October 2022, causing criminal damage exceeding £5,000, although the painting was protected by glass and unharmed. They conducted reconnaissance and planning, and spoke to a journalist.

Found guilty in July of causing criminal damage exceeding £5,000. Subject to 3 year Criminal Behaviour Order. Judge Hehir noted substantial impact on family and that she is a good student.

29 Sep 2024

Chiara Sarti

Interference with key national infrastructure *

Sentence

12-month community order with 100 hours unpaid work

Chiara Sarti, along with Phoebe Plummer and Daniel Hall, participated in a slow-march protest along Earls Court Road near the A4 in west London, walking slowly to cause long tailbacks from the Hammersmith flyover, disrupting traffic including an ambulance with a patient in critical care, delivery drivers, buses, and commuters. The incident caused alarm and distress and was described as pointless, self-absorbed, and self-righteous law-breaking under the Public Order Act 2023.

Convicted of interfering with key national infrastructure for slow-march protest. Judge called the group 'a group of idiots' and noted the location was chosen to maximise disruption. Ordered 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days and to pay £500 towards trial costs. Criminal behaviour order imposed.

27 Sep 2024

Daniel Hall

Interference with key national infrastructure *

Sentence

12-month community order with 100 hours unpaid work

Daniel Hall, along with Phoebe Plummer and Chiara Sarti, participated in a slow-march protest along Earls Court Road near the A4 in west London, walking slowly to cause long tailbacks from the Hammersmith flyover, disrupting traffic including an ambulance with a patient in critical care, delivery drivers, buses, and commuters. The incident caused alarm and distress and was described as pointless, self-absorbed, and self-righteous law-breaking under the Public Order Act 2023.

Convicted of interfering with key national infrastructure for slow-march protest. Judge called the group 'a group of idiots' and noted the location was chosen to maximise disruption. Ordered to pay £500 towards trial costs. Criminal behaviour order imposed.

27 Sep 2024

August 2024 4 cases

Anopkumar Maudhoo

Fraud *

Sentence

10 years imprisonment

Anopkumar Maudhoo carried out a large-scale conveyancing fraud by offering investment opportunities in supposedly repossessed properties or redevelopment plots that were not actually subject to repossession, with genuine owners unaware of the fraudulent sales. He illicitly sold 75 buildings or development plots since 2021, earning over £8.5 million from victims in North London, Hertfordshire, and Essex, and used the funds to fund a lavish lifestyle.

Pleaded guilty to 31 charges of fraud. Used aliases and spent proceeds on a lavish lifestyle including cars, a speedboat, and properties.

29 Aug 2024

John Clugston

Fraud by false representation *

Sentence

5 years imprisonment

John Clugston, 65, who has longstanding links to Brighton and Southwick, defrauded dozens of companies across London by posing as a businessman. He visited offices pretending he had bottles of Bollinger champagne left over from a work function, convincing victims they were getting a bargain and persuading them to hand over money, typically £1,000 to £1,500. He would leave to fetch the champagne but never return. He netted more than £19,000 over several months in the City of London and the boroughs of Camden, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Kingston, Lambeth, Southwark and Westminster. He was caught last month by a detective from the Metropolitan Police.

Admitted six counts of fraud by false representation. A further 25 offences were taken into consideration.

24 Aug 2024

Harrison Barnett

Perverting the course of justice *

Sentence

18 months imprisonment

Harrison Barnett, 19, of Basildon, helped Tieran Carmody evade police after the murder of Max Richardson on August 21, 2023, by providing shelter and allowing him to use his mobile phone to contact friends and family and conduct internet searches related to the crime and escape plans. CCTV captured them at a shop in Pitsea and leaving a pub in Benfleet in the days following the murder.

Convicted of perverting the course of justice by providing shelter to Carmody, allowing use of his phone for searches including police appeals, news articles on the stabbing, and how to leave the country without a passport. Had previous convictions including battery and was partway through a suspended sentence when offending occurred; part activated, resulting in total of 18 months. Difficult childhood with learning difficulties.

5 Aug 2024

Adam Taylor

Misconduct in public office and making indecent images of children *

Sentence

18 months imprisonment

Adam Taylor, a former National Crime Agency intelligence officer, used his work devices to access, view, and download over 700 indecent images of children and more than 200 images of extreme pornography between May 2012 and April 2022. He was arrested in April 2022 at his place of work, where electronic devices including laptops, tablets, and USBs were seized from both his workplace and home. Despite expressing interest in specializing in Child Sexual Exploitation work, his role did not require access to such material. The images found included some of the most horrific sexual abuse of children, and his actions constituted a gross breach of trust as a public officer employed by the NCA since 2014.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of misconduct in public office, three counts of making indecent photographs of children, and one count of possessing an extreme pornographic image. Given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and required to sign the sex offenders register for 10 years.

2 Aug 2024

June 2024 5 cases

Antoine Kolias

Supplying unauthorised medicinal products *

Sentence

3.5 years imprisonment

Antoine Kolias, a 31-year-old University of Manchester graduate, illegally sold unlicensed medicines via websites including Amazon and eBay. He acted as a distributor for an established dealer and operated his own business selling sildenafil citrate products as well as Class C drugs tramadol, zopiclone, and pregabalin. The medicines were sourced from India, the Middle East, and the Far East. Sales occurred from summer 2018 to October 2019, and resumed in 2020 and 2021. Sildenafil products were marketed as '100% natural remedy' and 'risk free' under brand names like Vital-X, VigoreX, and later Evoxa, using a friend's details while on bail. Nearly 100,000 tablets were found at his north London address in October 2019, and over 170,000 doses were intercepted at his sister's address.

Convicted after a three-week trial of 16 counts, including three counts of fraudulent evasion of prohibitions on import goods and three counts of supplying unauthorised medicinal products contrary to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012. Investigation by MHRA’s Criminal Enforcement Unit.

28 Jun 2024

Azar Khan

Conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation *

Sentence

2 years imprisonment suspended for 2 years

Azar Khan, a solicitor advocate and principal partner in City Law Solicitors Ltd, conspired with Rasib Ghaffar, Gazi Khan, and Joseph Kyeremeh to defraud the Legal Aid Agency. The firm started work on 1 July 2011, about 10 weeks before conclusion, but claimed over 500 hours costing over £162,000, falsely backdating work to periods without instruction, leading to £93,000 paid out in fraudulent claims for Defendants’ Costs Orders totaling £1,856,584.

Principal partner in City Law Solicitors Ltd, which claimed over 500 hours of work costing over £162,000, including backdated work, resulting in £93,000 paid. Convicted of conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation.

21 Jun 2024

Gazi Khan

Conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation *

Sentence

5 years imprisonment

Gazi Khan, a legal clerk, led the conspiracy with Rasib Ghaffar, Azar Khan, and Joseph Kyeremeh to defraud the Legal Aid Agency by inflating legal fees and falsely claiming defence costs in 2011 and 2012. The fraud targeted four Defendants’ Costs Orders totaling £1,856,584, with £469,477 paid from public funds. Khan provided services to solicitor firms involved in the fraudulent claims.

Leader of the criminal operation, worked as a clerk providing legal costs services. Convicted of conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation.

21 Jun 2024

Joseph Kyeremeh

Conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation *

Sentence

2 years suspended sentence

Joseph Kyeremeh, a solicitor and principal partner in City Law Solicitors Ltd, conspired with Rasib Ghaffar, Gazi Khan, and Azar Khan to defraud the Legal Aid Agency by inflating legal fees and falsely claiming defence costs in 2011 and 2012. His work resulted in a claim for 650 hours valued at over £176,000, with £60,000 disbursed from public funds as part of four fraudulent Defendants’ Costs Orders totaling £1,856,584.

Principal partner in City Law Solicitors Ltd, claimed 650 hours of work valued at over £176,000, with £60,000 paid from public funds. Convicted of conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation.

21 Jun 2024

Rasib Ghaffar

Conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation *

Sentence

3 years imprisonment

Rasib Ghaffar, a barrister and part-time immigration tribunal judge, conspired with Gazi Khan, Azar Khan, and Joseph Kyeremeh to defraud the Legal Aid Agency by falsely claiming defence legal costs through inflated fees and work in 2011 and 2012. The fraud involved four claims totaling £1,856,584 for Defendants’ Costs Orders on behalf of acquitted defendants, with £469,477 paid out. Ghaffar was responsible for a fee note of £184,000 for over 350 hours of work, despite being instructed only seven days before the case conclusion.

Conspired with others to inflate legal fees and falsely claim defence costs from the Legal Aid Agency in 2011 and 2012. Convicted of conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation.

21 Jun 2024

May 2024 1 case

Jian Wen

Money laundering *

Sentence

six years and eight months imprisonment

Jian Wen was involved in assisting Zhimin Qian to launder proceeds from a large-scale fraud in China by facilitating the movement of a cryptocurrency wallet containing 150 Bitcoin, which was valued at £1.7 million at the time, as part of an ongoing investigation into international money laundering.

Pleaded guilty and was involved in facilitating the movement of a cryptocurrency wallet containing 150 Bitcoin valued at £1.7 million.

22 May 2024

April 2024 6 cases

Lee Richards

Conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering *

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.

15 Apr 2024

Peter Wilson

Conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering *

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.

15 Apr 2024

Anthony Sharwood

Conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering *

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.

15 Apr 2024

Aaron Stelmach-Purdie

Conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering *

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.

15 Apr 2024

Allan O’Neil

Conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering *

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.

15 Apr 2024

Roger Clerice

Conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering *

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.

15 Apr 2024

March 2024 7 cases

Sheree Avard

Conspiring to pervert the course of justice *

Sentence

1 year imprisonment

Sheree Avard, 41, of Hammond Road, Woking, was recruited by William Todd and Danny Thomas in August 2022 to phone Kingston Crown Court for details of solicitors for Danny Brown and Stefan Baldauf. Using the alias Ioana Andrei, she contacted Brown's lawyer claiming a relationship with a juror who confessed to being pressured into convicting the men, along with two others. The conspirators paid for a fake passport and a corrupt solicitor in Romania to provide a false deposition to quash the drug trafficking convictions.

Admitted conspiring to pervert the course of justice.

16 Mar 2024

William Todd

Conspiring to pervert the course of justice *

Sentence

7 years imprisonment

William Todd, 61, serving two life sentences since 2001 for attempted murder and murder, orchestrated a scheme from prison to undermine the convictions of Danny Brown and Stefan Baldauf for smuggling 448kg of MDMA worth £45m. In June 2022, he directed Danny Thomas to record jurors' names at Kingston Crown Court and attempt bribes. After failure, in August 2022, he recruited Sheree Avard to fabricate a juror tampering story using the alias Ioana Andrei, including a fake deposition from Romania, to quash the convictions.

Convicted by a jury of conspiring to pervert the course of justice. Orchestrated the plot from prison while serving two life sentences for prior crimes.

16 Mar 2024

Danny Thomas

Conspiring to pervert the course of justice *

Sentence

3 years and 4 months imprisonment

Danny Thomas, 46, of Skylark Way, Shinfield, Reading, entered Kingston Crown Court when the jury was sworn in during the trial of Danny Brown and Stefan Baldauf in June 2022, recorded jurors' names, and left. Under orders from William Todd, he attempted to bribe jurors and later, with Sheree Avard, fabricated a story about juror tampering by contacting the solicitor using the alias Ioana Andrei, claiming a juror was pressured to convict. They created a fake deposition from Romania to undermine the convictions for smuggling 448kg of MDMA.

Admitted conspiring to pervert the course of justice. Claimed in interview he was given money to approach jurors and offer bribes.

16 Mar 2024

Kamlesh Vaghjiani

Falsifying pharmaceutical data *

Sentence

Eight months and seven months suspended for 18 months

Kamlesh Vaghjiani, former director and quality assurance manager at Kappin, deliberately falsified data on the shelf life of the company's liquid levothyroxine product, Evotrox Oral Solutions. This included providing false data for pH and assay values in the licence application for three strengths in May 2006, and false chromatography data during a quality evaluation in November 2011. The MHRA investigation, launched in 2008 following reports of instability, revealed continued falsification, leading to withdrawal of marketing authorisations in 2013 and prosecution. No evidence of patient harm, but substandard product was supplied.

Concurrent sentences. Pleaded guilty to all counts in October last year. Fined £50,000. Company Kappin also fined £50,000 and ordered to pay £82,262 prosecution costs. Previously paid £1,075,589 confiscation order on profits.

15 Mar 2024

Neil Pursell

Conspiracy to cheat the public revenue *

Sentence

9 years imprisonment

Neil Pursell, as finance director of Winnington Networks Ltd, was involved in a complex £20m carousel VAT fraud between 2011 and 2014. The fraud involved deliberately understating VAT owed to HMRC by creating fictitious deal chains, fake VOIP services, and offshore banking platforms to offset VAT claims. Evidence included recordings from hotel meetings in Manchester and Birmingham in late 2013 where he discussed inventing numbers to dupe HMRC. The operation led to arrests in March 2014.

Former finance director of Winnington Networks Ltd. Disqualified from acting as a director for 14 years. Handed a 19-month Serious Crime Prevention Order upon release.

1 Mar 2024

William Lindfield

Conspiracy to cheat the public revenue *

Sentence

7 years and 6 months imprisonment

William Lindfield, 63, of Kingston Hill, Cheadle, played a key role in the £20m VAT fraud orchestrated by Winnington Networks Ltd from 2011 to 2014. The scheme used MTIC fraud methods, generating VAT through fake transactions in metals and electrical items, then offsetting it with fictitious VOIP sales. He was involved in discussions at hotel meetings in 2013 about inventing numbers to mislead HMRC. Arrested in March 2014 as part of Operation Barbados.

Disqualified from acting as a director for 8 years. Sentenced in both March 2024 and October 2025 trials, but consistent sentence reported.

1 Mar 2024

Vishal Chudasama

Conspiracy to cheat the public revenue *

Sentence

3 years and 6 months imprisonment

Vishal Chudasama, 42, of Olney, was a key player in the £20m carousel VAT fraud by Winnington Networks Ltd between 2011 and 2014. The fraud involved creating fake VAT offsets through MTIC schemes, including fictitious VOIP services and deal chains to dupe HMRC. He participated in conspiratorial meetings in Manchester and Birmingham in late 2013. The investigation culminated in arrests in March 2014.

Sentenced in both March 2024 and October 2025 trials, but consistent sentence reported.

1 Mar 2024

February 2024 1 case

Ahmed Mohammed

Threatening a person with an offensive weapon in public *

Sentence

22 months imprisonment, suspended for two years

On May 25, 2023, at Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park, London, Ahmed Mohammed, a 35-year-old Sudanese asylum seeker who arrived in the UK in 2012, threatened Christian preacher Daniel Ayettey with a knife after dragging him off a ladder. Mohammed had asked Ayettey about his life, and upon Ayettey's religious response, became angry and attempted to drag him down. He fled but returned with a knife, stating 'I am going to stab you.' He was quickly arrested. Weeks prior, he confessed to three counts of theft from a Sainsbury’s store in London. Several people, including Muslims aware of Mohammed, tried to dissuade Ayettey from calling the police.

Pleaded guilty to threatening a person with an offensive weapon in public. Judge Martin Griffith noted his shocking record of 29 previous convictions for 67 offences. Accepted eight months already spent in custody. Must attend 30 days rehabilitation activities and six months alcohol treatment. Banned from Westminster and from consuming drugs and alcohol. No fine due to lack of money. Progress check on April 10.

10 Feb 2024

January 2024 1 case

E

Failing to notify creditors under Companies Act 2006 *

Sentence

Community order

E, a company director, failed to notify creditors of an application to voluntarily strike off a company with the intent to conceal that application, contrary to s.1006 of the Companies Act 2006.

Company director who accepted a basis of plea for failing to notify creditors of an application to voluntarily strike off a company with intent to conceal that application, contrary to s.1006 of the Companies Act 2006. Avoided disqualification from acting as a company director.

1 Jan 2024

December 2023 2 cases

Frederic Marino

Fraud by abuse of position of trust *

Sentence

seven and a half years in prison

Frederic Marino and Aurelien Bessot set up a hedge fund in London called FM Capital Partners Ltd in 2009, with offices in Knightsbridge, and were involved in a £11.4m fraud involving the Libyan sovereign wealth fund. The fraud involved abuse of position of trust. Marino has been on the run in Europe since 2019.

Found guilty by jury on 16 December for fraud by abuse of position of trust; on the run in France since 2019; sentenced in absentia.

17 Dec 2023

Yoshika Ohmura

Fraud by abuse of position of trust *

Sentence

three and a half years in prison

Yoshika Ohmura was involved in a £11.4m fraud with Frederic Marino and others, involving the Libyan sovereign wealth fund through abuse of position of trust at the London hedge fund FM Capital Partners Ltd, set up in 2009 with offices in Knightsbridge. She has been on the run in Europe since 2019.

Found guilty by jury on 16 December for fraud by abuse of position of trust; on the run in Switzerland since 2019; sentenced in absentia.

17 Dec 2023

October 2023 3 cases

Ronald Alexander

Robbery *

Sentence

16 years imprisonment with minimum term of 12 years and 4 years on licence

Ronald Alexander, 49, of Netherwood Road W14, committed six knife point robberies at high street gambling shops in West London between May and August 2018. He targeted locations including Palace Amusements in Kilburn (twice), Cashino in Hammersmith and Tooting, Silvertime Casino in Edgware Road, and City Slots in North End Road. He wore the same clothes during each offence, allowing identification via CCTV. Alexander had recently been released from prison for similar offences and used frightening and aggressive techniques, mainly targeting women working alone, some attacked more than once. He was arrested on 8 May 2019 and charged the following day, leaving victims traumatised.

Found guilty of six counts of robbery and six counts of possession of a bladed article. Judge commended investigating officer PC Usman Choudhary for his tenacity.

25 Oct 2023

Jeffrey Cook

Misconduct in public office *

Sentence

30 months imprisonment

Between 2004 and 2008, while employed at the Ministry of Defence and on secondment, Jeffrey Cook arranged a public contract commissioning reports from offshore company ME Consultants, which was paid about £700,000. Cook received kickbacks of more than £44,000 in cash and two cars worth £30,000, totaling over £70,000. He initially lied to the Serious Fraud Office, claiming the money was for business trip expenses in Saudi Arabia.

Ordered to pay a confiscation order of £124,000 and a contribution to prosecution costs of £25,000. Pleaded that money was expenses but later accepted commissions, arguing they were authorised. Judge noted personal gain at expense of public purse. Defence sought suspended sentence due to age, good character, and 12-year prosecution toll, but judge deemed it longer than 2 years.

13 Oct 2023

Bernie Ecclestone

Fraud *

Sentence

Suspended sentence

Bernie Ecclestone admitted fraud in October 2023 after failing to declare £400 million.

Plea guilty to fraud after failing to declare £400 million.

12 Oct 2023

May 2023 2 cases

Mandip Kaur Sidhu

Illegal supply of controlled drugs *

Sentence

Suspended sentence; 200 hours unpaid work; £720,881 confiscation

Mandip Kaur Sidhu, director of Pharmaceutical Health Limited in Derby, illegally supplied over 55 million doses of Class C controlled drugs, including 47 million doses of diazepam and millions of zopiclone, between May 2013 and June 2017 for financial gain. She purchased millions of tablets over a four-year period without legally dispensing medicines against a prescription since July 2013 and fabricated an invoice to deceive MHRA officers.

Pleaded guilty to illegal supply of controlled drugs. Struck off by General Pharmaceutical Council in February following fitness to practise hearing.

1 May 2023

Nabeil Nasr

Illegal supply of controlled drugs *

Sentence

Suspended sentence; 200 hours unpaid work; £606,247 confiscation

Nabeil Nasr, owner of several pharmacies in the North-West of England, illegally supplied over 55 million doses of Class C controlled drugs, including 47 million doses of diazepam, between May 2013 and June 2017 for financial gain, and engaged in wholesale dealing without a licence.

Pleaded guilty to illegal supply of controlled drugs and wholesale dealing without a licence. Struck off by General Pharmaceutical Council in February following fitness to practise hearing. Did not engage substantially with the hearing.

1 May 2023

April 2023 1 case

Denis Kupcevich

Money laundering *

Sentence

3 years and 4 months imprisonment

Denis Kupcevich, a 43-year-old Belarusian national, operated from a flat in South Croydon and various hotels and short-term lets in London and Poole. He used stolen identities, including those of a Moldovan and a Bulgarian national, to create fake documents, open bank accounts, and launder hundreds of thousands of pounds from frauds committed against bank customers. His associates used social engineering tactics over the phone to deceive victims, such as convincing one couple to transfer £160,000 due to a fake security risk and another to pay £12,400 for a non-existent BMW. Kupcevich created a fake real estate agency 'Look4 Home' through which over £55,000 was laundered, and stole the identity of a legitimate childcare company to deposit fraudulent proceeds. He acted as a cashing out facilitator, retaining 40% of the stolen funds. NCA officers tracked him via Deliveroo orders to his aliases and arrested him in May 2022, seizing devices with evidence of illegal transactions. The investigation prevented over £2 million in further frauds.

Pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering, two counts of possession of identity documents with improper intention and one count of articles for use in fraud. Will be deported to Belarus after serving his sentence.

11 Apr 2023

February 2023 1 case

David Carrick

Rape *

Sentence

30 years and 239 days imprisonment

David Carrick, a former Metropolitan Police officer from Stevenage, committed a series of serious sexual assaults, including rape, against 12 victims over 17 years. He was unmasked as one of the UK's most prolific sex offenders.

Pleaded guilty to 48 offences including rape, false imprisonment, sexual assault and coercive control over a 17-year period. Victim impact statements detailed harrowing effects of abuse.

7 Feb 2023

December 2022 1 case

Rizwan Sami

Theft *

Sentence

Not stated

Rizwan Sami, 37, an accountant, stole £150,000 from Egmont UK Ltd, the British arm of Danish media giant Egmont Group and publisher of children's classics including Tintin, Fireman Sam, Thomas & Friends, and books by Michael Morpurgo, over a period of more than a year.

Spared jail after agreeing to pay back the stolen £150,000. Sent some of the money to elderly relatives in Pakistan.

14 Dec 2022

July 2022 1 case

Michael Stainer

Fraud *

Sentence

3 years imprisonment

Michael Stainer, a 74-year-old landlord and chartered accountant, defrauded HMRC out of £473,097 by deducting PAYE and National Insurance contributions from his employees' wages at The Grand on Folkestone seafront between 2006 and 2010, but failing to remit the funds. The Grand primarily consisted of leasehold apartments, hotel rooms, bars, and restaurants. After a visit by revenue officials, he attempted submissions, but the company's PAYE account had been cancelled due to inactivity. Stainer owned the property for over 40 years but was declared bankrupt along with his wife.

Found guilty of two counts of cheating the public revenue and one of fraud by false representation. Judge Gregory Perins commented that Stainer deducted PAYE and National Insurance from low-wage employees' pay but pocketed the money instead of passing it to HMRC.

18 Jul 2022

May 2022 1 case

Imran Ahmad Khan

Sexual assault *

Sentence

18 months imprisonment

In 2008, at a party, Imran Ahmad Khan forced a 15-year-old boy to drink gin, took him upstairs, pushed him onto a bed, asked him to watch pornography, and sexually assaulted him. The victim felt scared, vulnerable, numb, shocked, and surprised but did not report it immediately. The memories resurfaced in 2019 during Khan's General Election campaign.

Found guilty after trial. Appealed against sentence and conviction, but both were upheld. Judge Jeremy Baker commented on the significant degree of brutality and that the defendant showed regret only for himself.

1 May 2022

April 2022 2 cases

Boris Becker

Bankruptcy fraud *

Sentence

30 months imprisonment

Boris Becker was declared bankrupt on June 21, 2017, owing creditors almost £50 million, primarily over an unpaid loan of more than £3 million on his estate in Majorca, Spain. Between June 21 and October 3, 2017, he hid £2.5 million of assets and loans to avoid paying his debts, including transferring almost 427,000 euros (around £390,000) from his business account to others, such as his ex-wife Lilly Becker and his other ex-wife Barbara Feltus.

Convicted of four offences under the Insolvency Act. Will serve half of the sentence. Judge Deborah Taylor presided.

29 Apr 2022

Michael Pym-Nixson

Possession of explosive substances *

Sentence

3.5 years imprisonment

Michael Pym-Nixson, 54, stockpiled explosive substances including ingredients for Armstrong’s Mixture and black powder at his home in Kingston-upon-Thames. On March 19, 2021, paramedics were called after he sustained three deep burns to his right hand while handling dangerous chemicals, claiming it was from an old firework. He refused to show the item and later lied to police about the cause. A six-day search from March 22, 2021, accompanied by Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit, uncovered hazardous materials capable of producing 308g of Armstrong’s Mixture and 6,110g of Gunpowder. He claimed the chemicals were for survivalist purposes and food preservation. Evidence included a YouTube playlist on making explosives, a notebook of recipes, and a book titled The Do it Yourself Gunpowder Cookbook.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of having an explosive substance. Serious Crime Prevention Order for 5 years upon release.

5 Apr 2022

October 2021 3 cases

Oliver Mark

Possession and supply of firearms *

Sentence

8 years imprisonment

Oliver Mark, 40, of Stratford, was involved in possessing and supplying handguns and ammunition as part of a London-based organised crime group. On 12 October 2020, he provided a black BMW 5 Series used by Artem Kuts to transport a brown paper bag containing a Russian brand Baikal self-loading pistol and eight rounds of Makarov ammunition, found in the rear passenger footwell when armed officers stopped the car. Mark was arrested for possession of a firearm.

Found guilty following a seven-day trial.

1 Oct 2021

Artem Kuts

Possession and supply of firearms *

Sentence

15 years imprisonment

Artem Kuts, 39, of the Isle of Dogs, was involved in possessing and supplying handguns and ammunition as part of a London-based organised crime group. On 12 October 2020, NCA surveillance teams watched as Kuts left his home carrying a brown paper bag and got into a black BMW 5 Series registered to Oliver Mark. The bag contained a Russian brand Baikal self-loading pistol and eight rounds of Makarov ammunition, found in the rear passenger footwell when armed officers stopped the car. A search of Kuts’ home revealed two more Baikals and 14 rounds of ammunition hidden in the garden, packaged heavily and wedged in the corner between the wall and a garden storage unit.

Found guilty following a seven-day trial.

1 Oct 2021

Alexander Georgiev

Conspiring to supply a firearm *

Sentence

6 years imprisonment

Alexander Georgiev (also known as Ernis Piranej), 26, of no fixed abode, was involved in conspiring to supply handguns and ammunition as part of a London-based organised crime group. On 12 October 2020, he was seen getting in and out of a black BMW 5 Series several times carrying a brown paper bag that contained a Russian brand Baikal self-loading pistol and eight rounds of Makarov ammunition. He was arrested for conspiring to supply a firearm minutes after the car was stopped, as he attempted to flee in a blue BMW.

Pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.

1 Oct 2021

January 2021 1 case

R V S

Transferring criminal property *

Sentence

Suspended sentence

Secured a suspended sentence for a woman charged with transferring criminal property in excess of £250,000.

Charged with transferring criminal property in excess of £250,000.

1 Jan 2021

October 2020 1 case

Jack Gibson

Blackmail *

Sentence

2 years and 9 months imprisonment

Jack Gibson, aged 28, met a well-known public figure online who struggles with gender identity and had adopted a female persona during chats. On April 22, 2020, the victim invited Gibson to his London apartment for a late-night rendezvous around 4am. Upon realizing the victim's prominence, Gibson took pictures and videos of him in women's clothing, then threatened to leak them to the press and reveal details of his sexuality unless paid money. The victim transferred £150, but Gibson demanded more, contacted the victim's wife to disclose the events and the man's gender struggles, and attempted to extort £8,500 from the victim's wealthy businessman father to keep the private life secret. Gibson had just been released from prison and was living in a Victoria hotel at the time.

Admitted two counts of blackmail, possession of cocaine and possession of cannabis. Judge commented that it is the exploitation of human frailty that makes blackmail such a dreadful crime. Mitigating factors include struggles with anger issues, drug abuse, and living in temporary accommodation during lockdown.

13 Oct 2020

February 2020 1 case

Samina Khan

Theft by employment *

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.

17 Feb 2020

January 2020 2 cases

Himat Chana

Tax Fraud *

Sentence

52 months in jail

Himat Chana, 59, of Ilford, Essex, along with Madhu Bhajanehatti, bought and sold over 50 properties across London and Essex over an eight-year period, deliberately hiding the sales on their Self-Assessment tax returns to evade £991,000 in Capital Gains Tax. The fraud was uncovered by a HMRC property taskforce. They built their property portfolios using proceeds from previous sales.

Convicted after trial in August 2019. Confiscation proceedings ongoing. Evaded £341,000 in Capital Gains Tax.

17 Jan 2020

Madhu Bhajanehatti

Tax Fraud *

Sentence

50 months in jail

Madhu Bhajanehatti, 45, of London, along with Himat Chana, bought and sold over 50 properties across London and Essex over an eight-year period, deliberately hiding the sales on their Self-Assessment tax returns to evade £991,000 in Capital Gains Tax. The fraud was uncovered by a HMRC property taskforce. They built their property portfolios using proceeds from previous sales.

Admitted the fraud during a hearing in June 2019. Ordered to pay back £190,086.42 in a confiscation order, with less than three months to pay or face a further two years and six months in jail. Evaded £650,000 in Capital Gains Tax.

17 Jan 2020

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