Currency Entrepreneur's Driving Arrest A Real Blow

A celebrity finance guru, who claims to have made millions in foreign exchange deals, was caught by police having oral sex while driving his £300,000 Lamborghini, which sports the personalised number plate 'PRO5PER'.

Greg Secker, 39, boss of 'Knowledge to Action' trading and training company still had his trousers undone when officers pulled over his black 6.5 litre Aventador.

The self-styled "master trader, entrepreneur, philanthropist and international speaker", who lives on the private Crown Estate of Furze Field, Oxshott, Leatherhead pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention in West Hill, Wandsworth on March 20, last year.

A charge of drink-driving was dropped after the Crown Prosecution Service failed to submit evidence to support their case Secker's urine alcohol level was 148 milligrammes - the legal limit is 107.  

He claims to have become a multi-millionaire in his mid-twenties and his website includes pictures of him with Prince William and Sir Richard Branson.

Prosecutor Mr. Nicholas Earl-Quarcoo told Wimbledon Magistrates Court it was 7.55pm when police driving along the A3 decided to follow and stop Secker.

"The Lamborghini drifted into their lane, which led the officer to take evasive action to avoid a collision with the car.

"They put on their flashing lights and tried to catch up with the Lamborghini, which turned off the A3 and passed through two no entry signs.

"When officers caught up with the car it was parked in a bay with the engine still running and they could see a female in the passenger seat.

"They spoke to Mr. Secker and he then pulled up his trousers that were loose and undone and the officer asked: 'What happened there?'

"Mr. Secker replied: 'I know, I'm sorry. I was getting a blow job.'"

Keen polo player Secker told the court he draws a £1,600 a week salary from his company, which offers trading courses from £2,500.

His lawyer told the court father-of-three Secker accepts his behaviour was "extremely foolish" 

District Judge James Henderson fined Secker £1,000, with £85 costs, ordered him to pay a £100 victim surcharge and endorsed his driving licence with five penalty points.

Junkie Raised Cash In Wireless Festival Ticket Scam

Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z

A drug-addict got involved in a ticketing scam which ripped-off fans expecting to see and hear acts including Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake at the Wireless Festival.

Harriet Cooper, 25, of St. Peter's Church, London Road, Kingston-upon-Thames and her boyfriend orchestrated the scheme from his Bournemouth flat in Argyll Road.

She pleaded guilty at Wimbledon Magistrates Court to four counts of fraud by selling batches of invalid tickets worth £800; £120; £135 and £180 via Gumtree on May 24, 2013 for the event in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

The court heard heroin addict Cooper met her boyfriend while receiving treatment for alcoholism and was under his influence at the time of the event.

She is now four months pregnant, jobless, living in a hostel and on a prescription for her addiction.

Cooper was placed on probation for twelve months, which includes a three-month drug rehabilitation requirement.

She was also ordered to pay each of the four victims £20 compensation. 

Doctor Cleared Of Assaulting Practice Partner's Wife

Dr.Athar Rana

A G.P. was cleared yesterday of assaulting the wife of his practice partner – who is also the surgery’s manager – who claimed she was pushed by the doctor during another disagreement.

The partnership at the Graham Road Surgery, Graham Road, Mitcham is an unhappy one, but the two doctors continue to practice under the same roof despite their differences.

Dr. Athar Rana, 56, of Circle Gardens, Merton Park was found not guilty at Wimbledon Magistrates Court of assaulting Savita Lall – wife of Dr. Raghunath Lall – at the surgery on October 17, last year.

The court heard Dr. Lall began the practice in 1999, was joined by his wife in 2002 and Dr. Rana came on board in 2004, but the union has not been a happy one.

Mrs Lall told the court: “Dr. Rana came into my room and asked why I had booked patients to him. He was a bit aggressive, a bit loud, there is a problem with Dr. Rana in the practice.

“I was frightened, I did not want to discuss it. It's always a problem with him, he got louder and I was more frightened.”

The discussion moved to the reception area, where Mrs Lall claimed the defendant made unwanted contact. “His hand was on my arm and he pushed me.

“I was shocked and hurt emotionally about what happened and he had done this before. I did not call the police the first time when he did it before and then called them after thirty minutes.”

Savita Lall & Dr. Raghunath Lall

Dr. Rana says the couple want him out of the surgery and he is deliberately overworked, insisting a complaint made by Dr. Lall to the General Medical Council, which was not proved, was “malicious.”

He claimed he raised his arm to usher himself past Mrs Lall and did not make contact with her.

Dr. Rana told the court the police came for him six days after the incident. “I was arrested in the middle of the surgery in front of my patients and staff.

“Dr. Lall has previously said I was sacked from my last job and had lied to him in my interview and I was not very happy about that.”

The pair have sat down with BMA mediators, but Dr. Rana complained: “Dr. Lall ignored that and he still signs cheques without my consent. Nothing has changed.

“Dr. Lall doesn't know what the word partnership means, but I have been subjected to this type of behaviour for ten years. I am use'd to it.

“I would classify Dr. Lall's behaviour as bullying. They want me to stop practicing and get out.”

ASBO Accountant Locked-Up For Continuing To Wage Parking War

ASBO Accountant: Gloucester-Trotman

An accountant involved in a bitter parking and access dispute, which he says claimed the life of his son and £200,000 in legal bills, was jailed for twelve months yesterday for breaching an ASBO, imposed to protect his long-suffering neighbours.

Roger Jocelyn Gloucester-Trotman, 75, of  Devon Road, Sutton and his late son Ian Trotman, who committed suicide aged 44, owned the service road behind a suburban parade of shops, where the defendant's accountancy business is based.

Planning permission was successfully won - despite local objections -  to build two three-storey townhouses at each end of the road and Gloucester-Trotman tried to stop neighbouring business owners using and parking there despite them having legal access rights.

Since February 2005 Gloucester-Trotman has clocked-up at least ten criminal convictions - mostly breaches of ASBOs and restraining orders - around his business premises in Westmead Road, Carshalton.

Today he was sentenced for breaching his Anti-Social Behaviour Order by continuing to complain to police about issues regarding his son's death, access and parking to the rear of his office.

A neighbour reported Ian Trotman to police for criminal damage after her boiler flue, which was adjacent to the second development site, was vandalised and he was arrested.

However, on May 28, 2010 his body was discovered in a drain located on the site and an inquest concluded he killed himself by carbon monoxide poisoning.

"He was driven to it by the police," said Gloucester-Trotman, after previously receiving a suspended prison sentence at the same court.

Gloucester-Trotman has also been struck-off by the Institute of Chartered Accountants and fined £1,000 for breaching an ASBO.

His battle with his business neighbours concerning parking and access in the road ended up at Guildford County Court, which ruled against Gloucester-Trotman, costing him £200,000 in legal bills.

During the dispute he dug up the access road on Boxing Day, preventing any vehicles gaining access and parking.

These incidents continue to occur from what Gloucester-Trotman sees as a lack of road traffic enforcement.

He was distracted from his accountancy practice to enforcement of road traffic regulations at his home address and at his office.

The five-year ASBO order was made to prohibit Gloucester-Trotman abusing his neighbours, calling 999 except in an emergency and calling police to complain about car parking and the death of his son.

Heartless Neighbour Fleeces Elderly 'Friend'

Porridge: Christopher Briggs

A heartless thief, who helped himself to over £32,000 from two bank accounts of a 90 year-old neighbour he was apparently helping has been locked-up for twelve months today.

Christopher Briggs, 57, of Nugent Road, South Norwood had control over the accounts as somebody trusted to look after the pensioner's financial affairs.

He pleaded guilty at Croydon Crown Court to stealing £21,396 between August 1, 2010 and December 10, 2013 from a Nat West account belonging to Kenneth Nash.

He also admitted stealing £11,000 between September 1, 2011 and December 1, 2013 from Mr. Nash's Santander account.

Briggs was also ordered to pay full compensation to the victim.

Police Hunt Pair Of Pizza Thugs

Police are hunting two late-night thugs caught on CCTV celebrating a joint attack on a man left with a fractured cheekbone and eye socket, who continues to receive treatment months later.

Camden Borough CID have released these images of the suspects taken near Dominos Pizza, Regent's Park Road, Chalk Farm at 3.30am on July 5, last year as they continue their attempts to bring them to justice.

The 27-year old victim was punched in the head and kicked in the ribs suffering a fractured right cheek bone, a fractured eye socket and broken ribs.

He is still receiving treatment for his injuries.

As they left the scene cameras recorded the pair congratulating each other and one demonstrating the blows he inflicted on the victim.

The first suspect man is described as a white man around 25-years-old, 5ft 7ins tall, with mid-length blonde hair and a distinctive jaw line and nose. He was wearing camel coloured trousers and a light coloured top.

The second man is described as a white man, around 25-years-old, 6ft 2ins tall with brown spiky hair, brown eyes, skinny build who was wearing a denim three-quarter length shirt and jeans.

The victim's 26-year-old female friend, who tried to intervene, was also scratched on the arm during the assault.

If anyone has any information regarding this incident or can identify the men in the images they are urged to contact Detective Constable Baguena from Camden Borough's CID on 020 8733 6588 or 101.

Alternatively you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 on via crimestoppers-uk.org.

"Sexual Predator" Convicted Again: Police Seek More Victims

A repeat rapist, who targeted an 80 year-old pensioner, has been described by police as a: “sexual predator” after his second conviction for the offence.

Robert Lashley, 32, of Blythe Road, West Kensington waited for the woman, who lives alone, to return from a local newagents early one morning and followed her to her flat, where he raped her.

An Isleworth Crown Court jury found him guilty of the offence after hearing Lashley was caught on CCTV loitering outside the woman's Shepherd's Bush block of flats at 7.30am on August 16, last year.

He was quickly identified and arrested the next day and the victim was able to give evidence against him in court which led to a successful conviction.



The court also heard that Lashley had received an eight-year sentence in 2004 for a similar rape on a 59-year-old woman.



He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on March 6. 



Officers believe Lashley may have targeted other women and are appealing for other possible victims to come forward.



Detective Constable Victoria Kilburn said: "Robert Lashley is a sexual predator who, on 16 August 2014, targeted one of the most vulnerable members of our community and subjected her to an horrific sexual assault.

“This was all the more distressing as the offence occurred in her home, where she should have felt safe. 



"I also hope that this sentence will encourage more victims of sexual offending to approach police, in the knowledge you will be believed no matter what age you are, and that the police will seek prosecutions for sexual offences.



"I would like to pay tribute to the victim of this offence. She is a spirited lady who showed great courage and determination, not only during the offence, but also in attending court and giving evidence against Lashley.

“She has found this experience extremely traumatic and I hope she can recover from this to enjoy her retirement in peace.



"Police are taking the step of releasing Lashley's image today. If you think you have been a victim of Robert Lashley, I would ask you to come forward and speak to police." 



Anyone with information is asked to call the police non-emergency line on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Immigration Civil Servant Looked-Up His Family's Cases

An assistant immigration officer with the Asylum Screening Unit has received a suspended prison sentence for illegally accessing computer information at work on immigrants he was sponsoring to enter the UK.

Anil Sanon, 64, of Davidson Road, Croydon was employed at the town's Lunar House building, the Home Office's UK HQ for visa and immigration applications.

He pleaded guilty to twenty counts of securing unauthorised access to a program or data held on a computer and was sentenced to five months imprisonment, suspended for twelve months.

Croydon Crown Court heard Sanon looked-up details of individuals on the Central Reference System, which revealed the progress of their immigration application, decisions and enquiries that still had to be made.

The Home Office have a 'zero tolerance' policy on such unauthorised access, but this did not stop Sanon searching for details of his son-in-law's case following an arranged marriage with his daughter in June, 2011.

Sanon, who is a carer for his disabled wife, was told he was guilty of a: “gross breach of trust.”

Probation Officer Wrecked Career Protecting Burglar Boyfriend

Stacey McCarthy & Stephen Sullivan

A brilliant probation officer's promising career has been destroyed after she fell in love with a prolific drug-addict burglar she was supervising, protecting him from police after another break-in and putting him up in her home. 

Criminal justice graduate Stacey Karen McCarthy, 31, of MacMillan Court, Ruislip Road East, Greenford has three degrees, including a Masters and was destined for the top of her profession, but is now starting a twelve-month prison sentence.

After she was jailed boyfriend Stephen Sullivan, 35, abused the investigating police officers in the public gallery, tried to head butt two of them and received six weeks imprisonment for contempt of court.

She pleaded guilty to assisting an offender between January 30 and February 23, last year, namely with intent to impede the prosecution of Stephen Sullivan she failed to notify the police of his mobile phone number and allowed him to stay at her home.

She also pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office between January 1 and February 23, last year, namely conducted an inappropriate relationship with Sullivan while employed as a supervising probation officer and provided him with a mobile phone.

Twelve Months: McCarthy

Prosecutor Mr. Lyall Thompson told Isleworth Crown Court yesterday McCarthy, who as employed by the London Probation Trust since April, 2008, was Sullivan's supervising officer after his release from prison on licence for a burglary conviction.

"He has a very lengthy conviction history and was a high-risk offender, who had completed five years on the prolific offender scheme."

Less than three weeks after his release on December 3, 2013 Sullivan broke in at 7.15am on December 28 to a firm that specialises in security alarms and after causing £400 worth of damage was identified by police on CCTV.

He was circulated as wanted on the Police National Computer and as his probation officer McCarthy was asked to assist in locating him.

On January 26, last year McCarthy activated a mobile phone and gave it to Sullivan.

"She deliberately withheld information to the police about the use of this phone and implied that it was being used by her and not Sullivan," explained Mr. Thompson.

"As a direct consequence police did not emily cell-site analysis and an opportunity to locate and arrest him was lost."

While McCarthy was holidaying in Egypt in February she allowed Sullivan to live in her house and her used her Fiat car.

"This car was used in a burglary in Hertfordshire on February 17 and two associates of Sullivan were arrested."

Sullivan then ransacked four offices in Canada House, Ruislip, causing a huge amount of damage and taking a laptop.

McCarthy was arrested when she returned from Egypt and was suspended by her bosses and Sullivan was eventually captured by police on April 14.

"When he appeared at Harrow Crown Court on the twentieth of May she talked her way into the cells to visit him, a visit she would not normally have had."

Sullivan later received two years probation with a drug rehabilitation requirement.

McCarthy was questioned by police on May 28. "She stated after her arrest she got sucked in by him and a sexual relationship began."

Mr. Matthew Rowcliffe defending said: "She's always, from a young age, had a desire to understand why others get involved in crime and to steer others away from crime."

Determined McCarthy beat "fierce competition" to land her dream job and drove through a new initiative called "Community Hub" and kept two "prolific offenders" out of trouble where colleagues had failed.

She supervised 'Prolific Priority Offenders' and knew it was against the rules to have inappropriate relationships with offenders.

"A relationship did develop despite the obvious impropriety and her actions were not carefully calculated, but were impulsive actions from a strong emotional attachment and the relationship continued."

The fact Sullivan has only failed one drug test while on probation was hailed as another success for McCarthy. "This reflects the genuine talent Miss McCarthy has to help others change.'

She was forced to resign her position. "She will never be able to return to that occupation, that vocation," added Mr. Rowcliffe.

"Given her ability and talents this case represents a grave loss to the probation service."

Judge Aidan Marron QC told her: "You are clearly a well-educated woman from a good home and with advantages like that this should not have happened."

Sullivan shouted at officers as they left court: "You're f***ing scumbags," and was asked to return by Judge Marron, who ordered his arrest.

"I'm heartbroken, I've lost my girlfriend. Don't ruin all the good work that's been done, this could put me over the edge," he told the judge before being handcuffed after a struggle and taken to the cells.

Crack addict Sullivan, who has a two-decade old habit and has spent fourteen of the last nineteen years in custody, was brought up and admitted contempt of court.

Judge Marron jailed him for six weeks, explaining: "My usual way of dealing with outbursts is to ignore them, but this I regard as being well over the top.

"A nasty explosion and I could see people in the public gallery were upset and you head butted two police officers."

There will be no further action against Sullivan and the judge added: "Consider yourself very fortunate indeed."

Pregnant Nigerian Overstayer's British Baby Bid

NHS Freebie: Oluwaseun Adenubi

The truth behind a pregnant Nigerian visitor's plan for her new-born baby - delivered at NHS expense - to become a British citizen is no clearer after she and the imposter prospective parents were sentenced.

Oluwaseun Adenubi, 30, used the UK passport of her friend, 32 year-old Rita Ogunkunle, to obtain over £4,000 of free care and after the delivery the pal and her boyfriend Michael Adebambo, 46, registered the baby as theirs.

However, staff at Farnborough's Princess Royal University Hospital realised the medical records of the genuine Ogunkunle, who received acne treatment there, conflicted with the pregnant patient claiming to be her.

"The difficulty is getting an honest answer from all three as to what the ultimate aim was," announced Croydon Crown Court Recorder Andrew Wright. "Miss Ogunkunle's story is one I am struggling with."

Adenubi, of Fordcroft Road, Orpington, who was granted a family visit visa which allows her to stay in the UK for up to six months, pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation against the hospital between April 19 and July 2, last year, namely dishonestly obtaining free medical treatment.

Student social worker Ogunkunle and Adebambo, both of Clarendon Green, Orpington pleaded guilty to wilfully giving false information concerning the registration of a birth, namely reporting to be the parents of Moses Adenubi, at Bromley Civic Centre on July 1.

Adenubi was sentenced to eight months imprisonment, suspended for two years, by Recorder Wright, who said: "I suspend it because in particular there is no one to look after her child.

"There should be no more burden on the taxpayer than there already has been."

Bogus 'Parents': Rita Ogunkunle & Michael Adebambo

Both Ogunkunle and Adebambo received six months imprisonment, suspended for two years, and Recorder Wright added: "I don't fully understand why the three of you did what you did.

"All of you lose your good character  and that will make life more difficult, wether you are in the UK legitimately or seeking to remain.

"For you Miss Ogunkunle it has been a complete waste of your efforts to qualify as a social worker. It's mad and I don't understand it." 

The prosecution did not pursue a theory Adenubi was a paid surrogate, who was having a child for Ogunkunle.

Prosecutor Miss Alexandra Boshell told the court: "Maybe there was a motivation to secure the nationality of the child as a British citizen and free NHS treatment.

"After the baby was born on June the thirtieth the staff realised something was not right because Ogunkunle has severe scarring, which the baby's mother did not have and there were two different blood types for the same patient."

The next day, both Ogunkunle and Adebambo turned up at Bromley Civic Centre and registered the birth as the child's parents and obtained an NHS number for the baby.

Ogunkunle was arrested on August 8 and claimed Adenubi took her passport after moving into her spare room and she did not know her lodger was posing as her until she heard a hospital nurse call her 'Rita'.

"She admitted falsely registering the birth of the baby and said she had been introduced to Adenubi by a friend of her mother's and took pity on her because she was pregnant and had no friends.

"She told the police she was angry at Adenubi using her identity and tried to beat her to it by registering the child."

Ogunkunle's lawyer Miss Anna Hamilton-Shield said: "It was a stupid mistake, a silly thing to do. In a moment of madness she decided to go there and get the documentation herself."

Adebambo, who has permanent leave to remain in the UK, was questioned in November. "He said his girlfriend asked him to go to the registry office to register a birth and said she told him she did not want another woman to use her identity.

"He said he did it out of love for his girlfriend and was very remorseful."

Adenubi, who was seven months pregnant when she arrived in the UK was also questioned. "She claimed she was fleeing a violent partner in Nigeria and claimed to have no  family here and no contact with her family in Nigeria.

"She said she arrived with nowhere to go and met a Nigerian man at the airport and met others via a church, but had no details of those she stayed with.

"She claimed to have found Ogunkunle's passport on a bench in Orpington market and only used it to get free medical services."

Today Adenubi abandoned the claim she found the passport and Recorder Wright said: "All three of them have not been forthright, but we are where we are."

Adenubi was ordered to pay an £80 victim surcharge and the couple will have to pay £100 each.

Teen Bully-Boys Locked-Up After Mentally-Ill Woman Targeted

Ten Years: Jamie Campin

Two teenage bully-boys preyed on a mentally-ill married woman over twice their age, with one sexually assaulting her in her bedroom, and both getting her to drink their urine and smoke a cannabis joint filled with curry powder.

Jamie Rhys Campin, 19, received ten years custody and Connor James, 19, two years custody at Isleworth Crown Court on Thursday, which heard the young men have a history of tormenting the mentally-ill and recording incidents on their mobile phones of planning and carrying-out such behaviour.

The 43 year-old Hillingdon woman, who is a paranoid schizophrenic who suffers psychotic episodes and has an ongoing alcohol problem, let the local lads into her home early one morning while her husband was staying elsewhere after yet another row.

Campin, of Whitethorn Avenue, West Drayton and James, of Uxbridge Road, Hampton Hill were convicted of two counts of administering a noxious substance, namely urine and curry powder and stealing a laptop and ring, worth £400, from the woman between July 5 and 14, 2013.

Two Years: Connor James

Campin alone was convicted of sexual assault by penetration and both defendants were cleared of affray.

“I was not one hundred per cent well at that time because I have a mental health problem and I did not have any control of the situation,” the victim told the jury. “They just walked in and I didn't want any trouble.

“These people entered my house early, at seven or eight in the morning and I don't understand why I let them in, in the first place. In my head I believed these people were friends of mine.

“I don't understand why I didn't throw them out. I was very vulnerable at the time.”

The court heard a third mystery man was present and the woman remembers two of them disappearing into her bathroom.

“I remember them walking out with a plastic cup and they asked me to drink it and I drunk a bit and realised there was wee in it and spat it out.

“I was lured into my bedroom and I don't remember being forced onto the mattress, but the person who assaulted me was on top of me.

“I was very scared at the time. I was confused and I do not know if it was sheer pure fright or if I was going along with it and not really knowing what was happening.

“I remember my trousers being undone. I don't know if I did it or he did. I don't think it was me, in fact I know it wasn't.”

She told the court she was not sure if a second man was in the bedroom at the time, but had spent his time in her house: “With his hands down the front of his trousers.”

Police later found mobile phone footage of the woman being given a cannabis joint to smoke, which had been laced with curry powder.

Canadian Tip-Off Leads Police To Online Paedo

A paedophile caught with 68,823 child sex images after police received a tip-off from Canadian cops has received a suspended prison sentence.

Kevin John Allen, 56, of Auriol Drive, Uxbridge was identified by Operation Spade as a customer of a Canadian distributor of sick child porn.

He pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent photographs of children on or before May 8, namely 346 Category A; 1,162 Category B and 16,676 at Category C.

He also pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent movies of children on or before May 8, namely 58 Category A; 88 Category B and 36 at Category C.

Allen also admitted a "roll-up charge" of possessing the remanding indecent photographs of children.

Isleworth Crown Court heard officers executed a search warrant at his address, seizing two computers, one desktop tower and an external hard-drive.

Judge Andrew McDowall told Allen: "What you did was most unpleasant, to many disgusting, but I don't feel it deserves and immediate custodial sentence.

"There are young children involved in this and it is rightly regarded by public and parliament and the courts as very serious."

Allen was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment, suspended for two years, and will remain on probation for two years.

He must attend a sixty-day internet sex offender programme, sign the sex offenders register for ten years and an indefinite Sex Offences Prevention Order was made.

Allen was also ordered to pay £110 costs and a £100 victim surcharge.  

Housekeeper At Landmark Building Nicked Thousands From Employers

Thief: Raquel Villanueva

A housekeeper, who worked for a couple at their exclusive mansion block and pinched £13,000 in cash, jewellery and other valuables - forcing her victims to buy back their own property from a local pawnbroker - has received a suspended prison sentence.

Raquel Villanueva, 47, of Leslie Road, Leytonstone pleaded guilty to theft from her employer, Nicholas True, between April 1and October 16 at Bryanston Court, George Street, Bayswater.

She was sentenced to four months imprisonment, suspended for twelve months, and was ordered to perform 50 hours community service work.

Isleworth Crown Court heard Mr. True's wife noticed a large amount of jewellery was missing from the bedroom and other items were missing and there were no signs of a break-in.

Their Transport For London Oyster card was also being used by somebody and had been topped-up in Leytonstone, where the defendant lives.

The couple's Harrods card also had a mystery £9,500 spent on it, but Villanueva denied knowing anything about this.

However, she did admit taking cash and jewellery, including Mr. True's expensive lighter, which he did not even know was missing.

She admitted taking cash and taking a holdall and using both their Oyster cards and said she was broke and stressed.

She said she had sold the property at a pawn shop and had receipts at home.

In her purse Mr. True found £1,000 cash and a £500 Selfridges gift card, along with his business card and a Harrods rewards points card.

Plush: Bryanston Court

Villanueva was taken by mini-cab to her home, where she tried to hide one of the receipts, but handed over the lighter she had stolen.

At an Earl's Court pawn shop Mr. True had to pay £2,850 to recover his own items and then called the police, who arrested first-time offender Villanueva.

Her lawyer told the court: "She's pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity and this is clearly a serious breach of trust. She's deeply remorseful and it is difficult to ascertain the reason she did what she did."

Married Businessman Broke Russian Intern's Wrist When Kicking Her Out Of Bed

An married international education entrepreneur, who enjoyed a fling with a Russian intern, has been convicted of kicking her out of bed and breaking her wrist as she fell against a wall.

Cambridge University-educated businessman John Crawford Florey, 48, of Chequers Avenue, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire met the woman when she was seeking in internship with his company.

They had spent an evening at an education symposium at the London School of Economics and returned to an apartment Florey had rented for the night in Royal Crescent, Notting Hill, where he flew into a rage when Olga Grigorash refused to undress.

He was convicted by an Isleworth Crown Court jury of causing grievous bodily harm to the woman in the early hours of March 4 and will return for sentencing on February 27.

Prosecutor Mr Neil Griffin told the court: “The defendant has kicked Miss Grigorash out of bed. A kick of such force that she fell against the wall and fractured her wrist.

“They had attended a function in central London, went out to eat and went back to the apartment.

“It seems the defendant rubbed toothpaste into her dress as they were brushing their teeth in the bathroom and this upset her along with him going out to smoke because she did not like smoking.

“She decided to keep her dress on and the defendant had undressed down to his boxer's and tried very roughly to kiss her.

“He had a second cigarette and returned to the bedroom and forced himself onto her and she told him he was hurting her,” explained Mr. Griffin.

“Suddenly he kicked her, she says, to the back. She fell out of the bed against the wall and onto the floor and Mr. Florey shouted: 'Get out.'

“She grabbed her clothes and left in hurry, flagged down a taxi and was taken to St. Mary's Hospital, where her wrist was put in a cast.”

Miss Grigorash reported Florey to police the next day and he was arrested at Heathrow Airport returning from a foreign business trip.

He was questioned at Notting Hill Police Station and gave a conflicting version of events.

“He said he thought they were going to have sex and thought it was strange she left her dress on,” added the prosecutor. “He said he made the remark that she was not great in bed and she went mad and stumbled and fell over while they were arguing.”

Miss Grigorash told the jury she knew Florey was married, often meeting up with him in central London and sometimes using a flat in Shepherd's Bush, where his parents and sister lived.

They began a sexual relationship in July, 2013, but she explained she soon tired of his aggressive behaviour and they had a short break-up before getting back together.

“Whenever I was late he was so rude, he was quite sadistic I would say and I could see he became violent,” explained Miss Grigorash, adding their sex life was often a cause of arguments.

“When I didn't do it the way he wanted he got pretty aggressive. He didn't have an erection and took it out on me and was quite violent with me and hurt me and was very unpleasant.”

Lorry Driver Who Killed O.A.P Sentenced

A Nottinghamshire lorry driver, who killed a 91 year-old man who was crossing a busy west London road after failing to check for pedestrians before pulling away, has been placed on a twelve-month community order, which includes 100 hours of unpaid work.

Shane Redfearn, 33, of Lawnwood Avenue, Elkesley, Retford was driving along Fulham Palace Road on July 8 when he knocked over John Goulding, who died almost immediately.

He was convicted by an Isleworth Crown Court jury of causing death by careless driving.

Prosecutor Mr. James O'Connell told the court: “Last summer this defendant was driving a fully-laden truck with a trailer at 10.30am and Mr. Goulding had just got off a bus and elected, not by the wisest way, to cross the road.

“He walked to the back of the bus and was confronted with the side of this defendant's truck so walked towards the cab of the stationary vehicle and stepped in front of the cab.

“The truck pulled away and the driver drove over Mr. Goulding.

“The truck moved a few yards until a member of the public notified this defendant there was someone under the truck and Mr. Goulding died within a few minutes under the truck.

“This defendant should have seen Mr. Goulding by using his mirrors properly. He has a number of mirrors on that vehicle, including a mirror that looks right down in front of the truck.

“Mr. Goulding was knocked over and killed, but despite him putting himself in that position he should not have been hit and knocked over and killed.

“Mr. Redfearn's driving fell below the standard expected that day.”

Redfearn will also have to pay £3,500 costs, a £60 victim surcharge and received three penalty points on his driving licence.

'Mad Dog's' Sister In Boozy Bus Crash

A female member of a notorious south London crime family, who have clocked-up over eighty-three convictions including murder and wounding, crashed into a bus full of passengers while three times the alcohol limit and without a licence and insurance after an all-day drinking-session.

Louise Sonnex, 40, knocked back rum in the morning and joined more friends in the afternoon, who helped polish off a dozen cans of lager, before jumping behind the wheel of a pal's car and careering into a busy road, where she struck the double-decker and bounced into railings, knocking herself out on impact.

Sonnex, of Etta Street, Deptford pleaded guilty to driving the blue Peugeot carelessly and with excess alcohol in her breath in nearby Evelyn Street, on June 22, driving without a full licence and insurance and possessing a small quantity of cannabis resin.

A charge of aggravated taking and driving away of the vehicle and causing criminal damage was withdrawn by the Crown Prosecution Service.

She was sentenced to fourteen weeks imprisonment, suspended for two years; placed on  eighteen months probation, which includes a nine-month alcohol treatment requirement and was ordered to pay £200 costs and an £80 victim surcharge.

Sonnex was also disqualified from driving for two years. There were no separate penalties for the remaining driving offences or possessing the cannabis.

Her brother, Dano 'Mad Dog' Sonnex, 27, is serving life imprisonment, with a forty-year minimum, for the gruesome murders of French students Gabriel Ferez, 23, and Laurent Bonomo, 23, who were stabbed a total of 244 times on June 29, 2008.

Her father, Bernard Sonnex, 60, has at least twenty-six convictions, including firearms and drugs, and has been to prison six times and her brother Bernie Sonnex Jnr., 41, has been to prison at least ten times for a minimum of thirty-four offences, including theft and aggravated burglary.

Prosecutor Miss Thandi Lubimbi told Bexley Magistrates Court: "It was 7pm when the defendant came out of a junction, without paying attention, and drove into the side of the bus and then crashed into railings."

Sonnex was seen hanging out of the car's door, having knocked herself out when her head hit the dashboard.

"There were passengers in the bus and a passenger in the vehicle and an off-duty paramedic attended to the defendant, who then left the vehicle and returned later."

Officers noticed her breath smelled of alcohol and she was arrested, later giving a reading of 105 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - the legal limit is 35.

"The defendant did not have a licence and was not insured to drive the vehicle and when she was searched the cannabis was found," added Miss Lubimbi.

Sonnex has a criminal past to match her male relatives and has served time for the pub glassing of another woman and beating another woman with a golf club.

Her lawyer, who refused to give her name, told the court: "On the night before she had been drinking and when she woke up the next morning went to her friend Keith Jones's house and they both had drinks at 10am.

"She had a few rums and and the owner of the vehicle, Lisa Perry, pulled up and was invited into the garden where they all had drinks into the late afternoon.

"Lisa then invited them to her house and Miss Sonnex remembers having a roast dinner and more drinks and Mr. Jones remembers seeing a dozen empty cans on the table.

"She doesn't remember anything after that until the collision and waking up afterwards, but Mr. Jones says Lisa Perry was driving them home, but kept stopping to chat to friends and the third time she left the vehicle with the engine still running.

"Miss Sonnex was shouting at her to get back in the car and had moved across to the driver's seat when she panicked and the car accelerated and that's when the accident happened.

"She doesn't drive, she doesn't know how to drive and has had a provisional licence for years.

"She has a lot of issues in terms of mental health and has been diagnosed and is being looked at for bipolar and borderline personality disorder, depression and for a number of years abused drugs and more recently has misused alcohol."

District Judge Robert Hunter announced: "The public were put at considerable risk by her and of course she was uninsured."