Legendary 60's Fashion Photographer Sentenced For Groping Women

A sixties photographer who carried around his portfolio of work - which included an iconic picture of the model Twiggy - to help him sexually assault women, has been placed on probation.

Legendary fashion and style photographer Barry Lategan, 81, approached his victims mainly on buses, engaged them in conversation about his pictures of the rich and famous and groped them.

He was placed on a two-year supervision order when he was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court.

He claimed to miss "skin on skin" contact and touched them both over and under their clothing, rubbing their breasts. legs, thighs, backs, arms and hair.

He had been ruled unfit to enter a plea to eight counts of sexual assault allegedly committed between February 1, 2013 and June 18, this year.

The jury heard Lategan, of Grosvenor Park, Camberwell has "evolving dementia" and they had to decide if the offences occurred.

Two of his photographic portraits of Twiggy hang in the Victoria & Albert Museum and he has photographed among others HRH Princess Anne, Paul and Linda McCartney, Iman, Germaine Greer, Margaret Thatcher and Salman Rushdie.

Prosecutor Miss Teresa Hay told the jury four of the eight women reported Lategan, whose c.v. includes front pages of fashion magazines Vogue and Harpers Bazaar, after reading press reports of sexual allegations against him.

The first woman was walking to Virgin Active, Fulham Road when she smiled at fellow gym member Lategan. "He grabbed both her arms and gave her a firm kiss on both cheeks."

The second woman, 44, was on a 211 bus in Fulham when Lategan began showing-off his portfolio. "He was touching and stroking her forearm and said: 'It's so lovely to be able to touch someone.

"He asked if he could hug her, but she felt the embrace was too firm and lasted too long and he swiped his hand over her breasts," explained Miss Hay.

Referring to his erect penis Lategan told her: "Look what you've done to me."

The third woman, an artist, was persuaded by Lategan to leave Cafe Nero and go to her flat in Redcliffe Square, West Brompton to take photos for a project.

"He asked her to recline on her sofa and pose and open her legs wider. He sat newt to her and started rubbing her thigh and put his hand on her breasts over her clothing."

The fourth woman was approached on a 211 bus. "He put his hand inside the arm of her coat. He said: 'I do miss skin on skin.'

"He put his hand on her leg under her trousers and also stroked her hair and head."

He gave most of the women his business card, which allowed police to easily trace him, and the fifth woman was also approached on 211 bus and shown his portfolio of work.

"He touched the hem of her dress and moved his hand up her leg to her thigh."

The sixth woman was an a route 68 bus. "He showed her pictures of Twiggy and other photos from his portfolio and ran his hand down her hair.

"He followed her off the bus and put his hand up her back under her clothing and said: 'I'm sorry, my wife died. Can I have a hug?'

"The seventh woman, a former art student he gave an autographed picture of Twiggy to, was on a 211 bus in the evening. 

"He put his hand up the back of her top and stroked her skin," explained Miss Hay. "He asked her if he could kiss her."

The final woman was on a bus travelling towards Camberwell. "He told her about his now legendary portraits of Twiggy and she used her phone to look him up on the internet.

"Mr. Lategan touched her thighs over her jeans and said: 'At the gym they're into tits, but I'm into legs.'

"He slid his hand between her legs, up her thighs and towards her groin."

Civil Servant's £280K Housing Benefit Swindle

A housing benefit officer with the London Borough of Ealing, who reopened thirty-four dormant claims and paid £280,000 of taxpayers money into his own bank accounts, has received an absolute discharge.

Even after civil servant Mark Hypolite, 36, who has mental health issues, was caught and banned from his office he sneaked back in and logged-on to a council computer and continued the fraud.

Hypolite, of 1 Phipps House, Shepherd's Bush will not have to pay any compensation even though over £180,000 is still missing.

An Isleworth Crown Court jury found proved nine sample counts of dishonestly making false representations between April 12, 2010 and November 16, 2011.

Hypolite changed his name by deed poll to open bank accounts under different identities and immediately withdrew the payments in cash.

The council have recovered £97,000, but do not know what has happened to the remainder or what Hypolite spent the money on.

The defendant was employed at Perceval House, Uxbridge Road from 2007 and was identified by colleagues who suspected suspicious activity, resulting in him becoming the target of an investigation by the audit department.

The thirty-four claims were reopened without the original claimants' knowledge and paid into three different bank accounts, one of which was in the name of Hypolite's mother's second husband.

Prosecutor Mr. Mark Tomassi told the jury: "He was employed by the council and was not entitled to the monies paid out. It was pure fraud from first to last.

"The frauds committed by Mr. Hypolite are complicated, sophisticated, persistent and consistent and a very large sum of money has been wrongly diverted.

"This all points to a sophisticated, calculated successful fraud.

"He was suspended and told not to enter the premises and knew he was not welcome within the council offices, but was seen there again a few days later."

NOT GUILTY: Serving Soldier Cleared Of 'Kidnap' That Never Was

100% Not Guilty: Tobias

A soldier accused of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend when she dumped him for a new man during his tour of duty to the Middle East has been cleared.

Alvon Montgomery Tobias, 32, a Royal Engineer, based at Carver Barracks, Wimbish, Essex always maintained he simply gave her a lift to work.

However, single-mum Monika Mikalak told the Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court jury he dragged her to his Mini Clubman car, pinned her to the passenger seat and refused to let her out.

Tobias, from Ealing, was found not guilty to kidnapping her in Valley Mews, Twickenham on April 7, last year.

She denied inventing the kidnap story out of "anger" towards Tobias for revealing himself to her new boyfriend.

Four Months In Shade For Luxury Sunglasses Thief

A persistent thief - with an eye for expensive designer sunglasses - has received four months for stealing 38 pairs of Bvlgari's, worth £11,130, in ten raids on the same Kensington store during a year-long shoplifting spree.

Christopher Blackwood, 28, targeted Sunglasses Hut on Kensington High Street, but also pinched 6 pairs of Prada's, worth £1500, and 7 pairs of Emporio Armani, worth £1,000 from neighbouring David Clulow opticians.

He previously pleaded guilty at Hammersmith Magistrates Court to twelve counts of theft and was remanded in custody for sentencing at Isleworth Crown Court last Tuesday.

The court heard drug-addict Blackwood, currently serving 16 months imprisonment for stealing a mobile phone, committed the thefts between May 16, 2014 and May 15, last year.

All but two of the thefts were caught on CCTV, but Blackwood escaped with the sunglasses every time and none of the pairs were ever recovered.

Deputy District Judge Kevin Gladwell told him: "These were high-value items stolen over a long period of time. You targeted one particular store in question."

Online Perv Admits Sordid Skype Sessions With 13 Year-Old Girl

A young Wiltshire father-to-be, who engaged in online sex acts via Skype with a 13 year-old girl, admitted the offences yesterday.

Grant Boyd, 21, of Kingsbury Square, Melksham played with himself and forced the under-age Scottish teenager to reveal her breasts during face-to-face internet communication.

He also sent offensive, obscene, indecent or menacing texts to a 14 year-old girl.

Boyd, whose girlfriend is due to give birth in one month's time, called the 13 year-old girl a “bitch” when she did not comply to all his sexual demands.

He pleaded guilty at west London's Isleworth Crown Court to engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child; causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and sexual grooming between October 1, 2014 and January 1, last year.

He had already pleaded guilty at Hammersmith Magistrates Court to three counts of causing to be sent by public communication a grossly offensive message on April 22; 23 and 24, last year.

Boyd will return for sentencing on March 21.

Soldier Denies Kidnapping Ex Who Finished With Him

A soldier kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and threatened to kill her and himself when she dumped him for a new man during his tour of duty to the Middle East, a court heard on Monday.

Alvon Montgomery Tobias, 32, a Royal Engineer, based at Carver Barracks, Wimbish, Essex was hiding in bushes when the single-mum left her Twickenham flat.

She told the Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court jury he dragged her to his Mini Clubman car, pinned her to the passenger seat and refused to let her out.

Tobias, from Ealing, has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping Monika Mikalak in Valley Mews on April 7, last year.

"There were some text messages from him that day. He said he wanted to talk to me, but I realised he was not the right person."

"I was leaving for work at 9.15pm to get the bus to West Middlesex Hospital and when I opened my front door I realised he was hiding by the bushes.

"I told him I had to go to work and I did not want to see him or have anything to do with him.

"He dragged me to his car, he was holding my arms, and said he wanted me to be a part of his life and stuff like that.

"I was shouting and screaming at him to let me go.

"He forced me to get into the car and pushed me into the passenger side and sat on me so I could not move. 

"Then closed the door and moved to the driver's seat and started driving like crazy.

"He said he would kill me and kill himself. I was scared.

"When he stopped at the traffic lights I tried to get out, but he shut the door on my leg, causing bruising."

After driving around west London for forty minutes six-foot three Tobias dropped her off at work.

The couple met on website Badoo and exchanged intimate naked images of themselves before meeting-up.

She agreed they had a "passionate and intense" sexual relationship and they had kissed the day before the incident, despite her having a new man. 

They had known each other for nearly a year when Ms Mikalak told Tobias she'd met someone else while he was serving in Jordan for five weeks.

Her new boyfriend phoned her while she was in the car prompting the defendant to snatch her mobile and shout: "She's with me!"

She denied inventing the kidnap story out of "anger" towards Tobias for revealing himself to her new boyfriend.

Prosecutor Mr. David Brock told the jury Tobias was questioned by police on May 11.

"He accepted the relationship had broken down and that he did meet her that day, but said she got into the car without force and he dropped her off at work."

Trial continues………………… 

Wealthy Investor's Online War With Luxury Property Developer Love-Rival

'You've Been Smudged': Thomas Badian

A wealthy investor's "bruised ego" prompted him to wage an online war with a high society property developer after discovering his fashion designer girlfriend was seeing his older rival behind his back.

Thomas Badian, 46, the Austrian-born director of Fitzrovia's Cadence Capital Ltd, who lives in a £3.2m St. John's Wood house in Marlborough Hill, pleaded guilty to two counts of harassment by sending repeated electronic messages between August 30 and November 11, last year.

The Facebook, instagram, email and telephone campaign began after Badian discovered couture designer Michaela Frankova, a London College of Fashion graduate, was enjoying dinner dates with the other man. 

The target of Badian's anger was 62 year-old Andrew de Candole - founder of de Candole Residential - and his girlfriend, Nateploy Thamsaroch.

The luxury property developer has worked in central London for thirty years - has a ten year-old son with Lady Lara Compton, 47, daughter of Marquess of Northampton - and has completed projects in New York, Dubai and Spain.

At Hammersmith Magistrates Court last Friday Badian was sentenced to a twelve-month community order, which includes 100 hours community service work, plus £85 costs and a £60 victim surcharge.

He was also made subject to an indefinite restraining order prohibiting any contact with the two victims.

"Andrew de Candole met Michaela five or six times for dinner and his girlfriend Ms Thamsaroch believed they were just friends with nothing romantic going on," explained prosecutor Mr. Robert Simpson. 

However, both Mr. de Candole and Ms Thamsaroch became increasingly disturbed by Badian's Facebook and instagram communication with them and in September, last year instructed solicitors to ward off the defendant's behaviour.

Instead of replying to the law firm's business email Badian found the solicitor's personal account and replied to that.

"Ms Thamsaroch believes it was sent to intimidate the lawyer," explained Mr. Simpson. 

Badian & Michaela Frankova

"Ms Thamsaroch then received an email from what appeared to be Mr. de Candole's account, however he did not send the email and was sitting next to her when she received it.

"It contained flight confirmation for Mr. Candole and Ms Frankova."

An investigation of the email account revealed it had been set up by a phone number ending in 36, which matched a number that had sent threatening text messages to Mr. de Candole.

At 5am one morning he received a text which read: "Today is full of surprises."

The couple began receiving emails from an address called 'Project ADC.' "The name of this account scared both of them because it suggested there was some sort of project against them.

"It became clear that Badian had become fixated with Mr. de Candole and Ms Frankova meeting," said Mr. Simpson. 

"Ms Thamsaroch said someone also hacked into her Uber account and a fake Facebook account in Mr. de Candole's name was set-up with 169 of his friends invited.

"He believes this was set-up by the defendant."

Badian's lawyer Mr. Guy Ladenburg told the court: "It's very unpleasant behaviour and he is deeply remorseful. 

"He discovered Michaela was seeing an older gentleman and thought she was seeing him behind his back.

"He was very unhappy and distressed by this and wanted to demonstrate to Ms Thamsaroch: 'Your boyfriend and my girlfriend went to Paris on such a date.'

"He says he wanted to put salt into Mr. de Candole's tea and it is obvious from the facts they were seeing each other on half a dozen occasions.

"However, he accepts it was very hurtful, insulting and puerile behaviour.

Andrew de Candole

"There were no direct threats against their safety. He just wanted to put Mr. de Candole on notice that he knew what was going on."

Badian accepts sending approximately ten emails to Ms Thamsaroch, plus sending up to five texts and making five prank phone calls to Mr. de Candole, who he also sent instagram messages.

"It was all mischievous behaviour and not intended to cause harm and he is thoroughly ashamed by the way he allowed himself to behave."

Badian split with his wife in 2005 and has sole custody of their daughters, aged 13 and 17 years-old.

He was arrested by police at the family home and the younger girl was hospitalised with anxiety. "Mr. Badian owes them both an apology," said Mr. Ladenburg.

"His is of good character, has lived in London for ten years and is a pillar of the community known for his philanthropic giving.

"His feelings of jealousy and his bruised ego that Ms Frankova was seeing a man behind his back caused him to behave the way he did."

When questioned by police Badian said: "I feel terrible despite my view of the man's activities."

Magistrate Mr. Robert Westlake told Badian: "This was a very unpleasant incident causing a great deal of hurt and concern to the victims. There were many messages over a period of time."

Bald Bus Pervert Hunted: Do You Know Him?

Police investigating a midnight sex attack on a young female bus passenger in east London have released this CCTV image of their suspect.

The Metropolitan Police Service's Roads and Transport Policing Command are appealing for help in identifying the man.

On Saturday, August 1 last year, at about half-past-midnight, the 20-year-old woman was sexually assaulted by a man as she travelled on a route 257 bus travelling along The Grove, Stratford.

The suspect is described as a bald white man aged about 50-years-old.

He wore a blue zip-up jacket with a white t-shirt underneath.

Officers are releasing a CCTV image from the bus and are asking anyone with any information to contact Police Constable Andrew Morland on 07775 030912.

Alternatively Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111, quoting reference 187644.

Brixton Rape: Images Of Two Suspects Released

Police are still hunting suspected rapists who attacked a young woman in south London fifteen months ago.

Detectives investigating the allegation of rape in 2014 have released images of two men they would like to speak to in connection with the incident.

During the early hours of Saturday November 1, a 22-year-old woman left a nightclub in the Brixton area.

She was alone at the time and got into a silver Audi which stopped on Brixton Road to give her a lift.

She was then driven to an unknown address where she was raped.

A 37-year-old man was arrested in connection with the incident in 2014, however no further action has been taken against him at this stage.

Detective Constable Rob Way of the Sexual Offences Exploitation and Child Abuse Command said: "If anyone recognises the two men pictured, or was in Brixton on the night in question and remembers seeing a white female being picked up in the early hours in a silver Audi, then please call 020 8721 4106 with any information."

To remain anonymous, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Bus Passenger Punched Two Drivers During Search For Lost Phone

An early-morning bus passenger, who believed he lost his phone on a double-decker, punched two drivers when his search became violent.

Police investigating the assaults at north-west London's Willesden Bus Garage have released this CCTV image of the suspect.

He approached the first victim, a male bus driver, at 6.15am on August 14, last year.

During a heated discussion about his lost phone the suspect became aggressive and punched the driver.

A female bus driver intervened and was also punched.

The suspect is described as a black man approximately 30 years old, 6ft 2ins of slim build, with short black hair with a trimmed beard.

Anyone who recognises this man is asked to contact Detective Constable Caroline Else, who is leading the investigation on 07825 256524.

Alternatively Crimestoppers can be called anonymously on 0800 555 111 quoting ref: 189157.

Summer Gang Stabbing: CCTV Released

Police investigating a multiple stabbing in south London have released this CCTV image of a suspected member of the gang.

On Thursday, July 9 at 6.46pm, police were called to reports of a man being assaulted outside the Betfred betting shop on London Road in Thornton Heath.

Witnesses reported seeing four men - out of a group of six - stab the 32-year-old victim in the chest before running towards Raymead Avenue and getting into a car.

Paramedics from the London Ambulance Service arrived and took the injured man to a south London hospital with multiple stab wounds to his chest.

He has since been discharged.

CCTV in the area captured this man, believed to be one of the assailants, running from the scene.

Police are keen to hear from anyone who may recognise the man captured on the footage fleeing the scene and any witnesses who may have seen the assault, or the moments after the stabbing.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Croydon CID via 101 quoting reference 3820219/15.

Alternatively, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

P.E. Teacher Guilty Of Webcam Sex Acts With 14 Year-Old Girl

A children's football and P.E coach encouraged a 14 year-old girl to perform webcam sex acts on herself with hot wax, clothes pegs and lipstick.

Philip William Boore, 36, told the teenager to address him as 'Sir' and play the role of a naughty schoolgirl submissive to his commands.

The qualified coach, who lives with his parents in Dover Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire, is attached to the town's award-winning Stanley Park Sports Ground.

He was found guilty at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court of three counts of inciting the girl to engage in sexual activity on or before August 5, 2014.

He was cleared of possessing two indecent photos of a child, namely two topless images of the girl.

Boore was bailed to return for sentencing on February 26.

Prosecutor Mr. Martin Hooper told the court the sexually-active Wimbledon teenager responded to Boore online when he listed one of his interests as fetish sexual activity.

"They got chatting and the defendant got her involved in various sexual activities," he said. "There's no doubt about this.

"He instructed her to insert a lipstick tube into her vagina, to clip clothes pegs to her breasts and pour hot candle wax over her breasts.

"The question is whether he reasonably believed she was sixteen years of age or older.

"It is not in dispute she sent him two photographs of herself topless. They were not asked for and he opened them on his mobile phone."

They first chatted online for four hours and exchanged their names and phone numbers, with the girl lying to Boore and claiming to be sixteen years-old, the jury were told.

"She said the second time they spoke he said he was into BDSM (bondage and sadomasochism) which she thought was disgusting, but wanted to stay communicating with him.

"He said they would role-play with her as the naughty schoolgirl and him as the dominant," explained Mr. Hooper. "He'd be the teacher.

"He is a sports coach and works in schools and knows ages, uniforms and exam times.

"She could see him on her laptop screen and once noticed he had an erect penis when showing her some sex toys.

"He told her he was a teacher and that concerned her and she told her counsellor, who encouraged her to tell her mother and the police were contacted."

Boore was arrested on August 5, 2014 and taken to Melksham Police Station by officers who also seized his computer, mobile phone and sex toys.

He told police he taught children aged 5-11 years-old and said: "I can't say that I did take her age. She said she was at school and that could be up to eighteen years-old, I took her to be sixteen.

"I should have stopped, but I got over-excited."

Mr. Hooper told the jury: "He agreed knowing she was still at school, but given her interest in fetish and being sexually active he thought she was sixteen.

"He said he let himself down and should have made some checks and said he was shocked to find out she was two years below sixteen."

The girl told Boore she had not even started her GCSE's and she told police during a video interview his hand was motioning under the table as she played with herself.

As for the lipstick she said: "He told me to lick it and insert it," also telling officers about the clothes pegs: "He wanted me to do twenty, but I did two. It was painful and I couldn't sustain it."

She also poured hot candle wax on herself at his request. "I poured it on my chest. He wanted me to cover my nipples, which was quite painful."

Boore is a Football in the Community Coach, who has a Bsc degree in Bsc Sports & Exercise Science and hold coaching certificates for Football Level 2 and Cricket Level 2.

He also holds Level 1 certificates in hockey, rugby, badminton, tennis, emergency first aid, child protection and disabled football.

Woman Denies Stealing Over £200K From 95 Year-Old Lady

A woman accused of stealing over £200,000 from a 95 year-old lady denied the charge last week.

Nazneen Chattun, 54, of Biscoe Close, Hounslow appeared at Isleworth Crown Court.

She pleaded not guilty to one count of stealing £236,271.64 from Eileen Layton between April 30, 2012 and August 20, 2013.

She was bailed to return for a trial fixed for October 10.

Army Major's Daughter Caught With Party Drugs At Nightclub

An Army Major's graduate daughter was caught with twenty wraps of of an ecstasy-type drug after travelling from her sleepy Norfolk town to party with pals in London.

Danielle Taylor, 23, of The Old Police House, Fakenham Road, Dereham pleaded guilty to possessing MDMA - known as 'Molly' - at the landmark Electric Brixton club, Town Hall Parade, Brixton.

"I wouldn't know where to look for them in Norfolk," she told Camberwell Green Magistrates Court this week. "I tried it in the first year of university five years ago and had it quite a few times in my first year."

The prosecution charged her with intending to supply the drug, but she was cleared of this more serious charge and was conditionally discharged for six months.

Now an intern with a Mayfair interior designer Taylor- whose father served in the Royal Fusiliers - had travelled to the capital for the Notting Hill Carnival.

"I live in a little village, it's quite small. Around eight-hundred people live there."

She began the weekend by visiting her boyfriend, who is studying medicine at the University of Manchester.

"I bought MDMA there. It is very easy to get hold of," explained the Birmingham City University graduate.

"It was the first time we had been to the Notting Hill Carnival and the Electric Brixton. It was our first big night out in London."

She had paid £80 for the powdered drugs and split them into tiny wraps using cigarette filters.

"If you pre-organise it you have a better understanding of what you have taken.

"You can take it and see what effect it has on you and make a decision on that.

"I would have taken five or seven. The night was going on quite late and then there was the next day at the carnival."

Explaining why she bought the drugs after not taking them for a while Taylor told the court: "I think it was the excitement of coming down to London, going to the carnival and going on a night out.

"It was a place that stays open late and I thought: 'Why not?'"

The court heard Taylor was searched by a female security guard as she entered the club after midnight and a 'box-like object' was found in her bra strap.

She refused four times to remove it, but eventually staff examined the contents and called the police.

Taylor told the police. "The drugs are MD. I must take responsibility for my actions."

District Judge Ann Sawetz told her: "You are not a drug dealer and were not drug-dealing.

"I hope you have now lost interest, I bet your dad hopes so. It could effect your brain or you could be dead.

"Spend your money on something sensible."

Foyle's War Star Ordered To Wear Electronic Tag For A Month For Speeding While Banned

Honeysuckle Weeks & Michael Kitchen

Foyle's War actress Honeysuckle Weeks is currently wearing an electronic ankle tag to impose a night time curfew after being caught speeding in her BMW while banned and with a small child in the passenger seat.

The 36 year-old Cardiff-born star - who played driver Samantha Stewart in the ITV drama, which starred Michael Kitchen in the title role - broke the 50mph limit on the A3 in south-west London while behind the wheel of the black 2.0 litre vehicle she should not have been driving. 

Weeks, of Harrow Road, Harrow, who appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates Court under her married name of Stormonth-Darling pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified along Robin Hood Way, Putney on August 17, last year and received an electronically-monitored four-week curfew, which prevents her leaving home between 9pm and 7am and was disqualified from driving for four months.

She admitted speeding and was fined £250, with £85 costs and ordered to pay a £60 victim surcharge. 

There was no separate penalty for the offence of her child passenger - aged between three and thirteen years-old - not wearing the regulation seat belt.

A charge of driving without insurance was withdrawn by the prosecution.

During the proceedings a warrant, with bail, was issued for her arrest after she failed to appear in court for the second time after missing her first scheduled appearance when she claimed to be caring for an ill child.

Roedean-educated Honeysuckle, whose brother Rollo and sister Perdita are also pursuing acting careers, is an Oxford University graduate who married hypnotherapist Lorne Stormonth-Darling in a Buddhist ceremony in the Himalayas in 2005.

She has one child, Wade, born in 2011.

Her acting credits include television programmes Close Relations, Ladies & Their Gentleman, Midsomer Murders, Poirot, Death in Paradise and Lewis and film appearances in Lorna Doone and My Brother Tom.

Company Boss Jailed For Scamming 78 Year-Old Pensioner Out Of £30K

A Glasgow company director, who defrauded a 78 year-old woman out of nearly £30,000 during a convincing telephone scam – laundering over half the proceeds through his firm – has received three years.

Nasrullah Mohammed, 55, of Leven Street, Pollokshields withdrew another £9,500 in cash from a Post Office in St. Vincent Street and took further sums from ATMS around the city.

He was convicted at south-west London's Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court to defrauding Mary Black by falsely representing she should make a £29,474 transfer from her Halifax account to his RBS account between December 19 and 24, 2013.

Mohammed was also found guilty by the jury of transferring criminal property, namely £17,375, from his RBS account to the account of his company Green Deal between the same dates.

Prosecutor Mr. Philip Stott told the court: “She was conned into transferring that sum from her bank account by someone pretending to be an employee of her bank who telephoned her.

“She was conned into transferring money into the bank account of Mr. Mohammed, who quickly transferred the money into another bank account he controlled and then withdrew in cash.”

The court heard Mrs Black and her husband received a telephone call on December 20 from a fraudster posing as a Halifax bank official.

“The caller pretended there had been an attempt to draw large sums of money from her account and she needed to take steps to transfer the funds to a secure account.”

She was given account details – Mohammed's RBS account – and a £18,674 transfer was made.

“She describes the man on the telephone as very reassuring and there is no doubt he must have been convincing.”

However, the fraudsters pursued the couple for more money and convinced Mrs Black to make online transfers of £7,000 and £3,800 over the next couple of days.

She eventually contacted Halifax herself and discovered she had been defrauded with no prospect of recovering the money or receiving any compensation.

Before the fraud Mohammed had only £50 in his RBS account and emptied Mrs Black's money in just two days.

He will now also been subject to financial confiscation under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

P.E. Teacher's Online Sex Games With 14 Year-Old Schoolgirl

A children's football and P.E coach encouraged a 14 year-old girl to perform webcam sex acts on herself with hot wax, clothes pegs and lipstick a jury have been told.

Philip William Boore, 36, told the teenager to address him as 'Sir' and play the role of a naughty schoolgirl submissive to his commands.

The qualified coach, who lives with his parents in Dover Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire, is attached to the town's award-winning Stanley Park Sports Ground.

He has pleaded not guilty at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court to three counts of inciting the girl to engage in sexual activity on or before August 5, 2014 and possessing two indecent photos of a child, namely two topless images of the girl.

Prosecutor Mr. Martin Hooper told the court the sexually-active Wimbledon teenager responded to Boore online when he listed one of his interests as fetish sexual activity.

"They got chatting and the defendant got her involved in various sexual activities," he said. "There's no doubt about this.

"He instructed her to insert a lipstick tube into her vagina, to clip clothes pegs to her breasts and pour hot candle wax over her breasts.

"The question is whether he reasonably believed she was sixteen years of age or older.

"It is not in dispute she sent him two photographs of herself topless. They were not asked for and he opened them on his mobile phone."

They first chatted online for four hours and exchanged their names and phone numbers, with the girl lying to Boore and claiming to be sixteen years-old, the jury were told.

"She said the second time they spoke he said he was into BDSM (bondage and sadomasochism) which she thought was disgusting, but wanted to stay communicating with him.

"He said they would role-play with her as the naughty schoolgirl and him as the dominant," explained Mr. Hooper. "He'd be the teacher.

"He is a sports coach and works in schools and knows ages, uniforms and exam times.

"She could see him on her laptop screen and once noticed he had an erect penis when showing her some sex toys.

"He told her he was a teacher and that concerned her and she told her counsellor, who encouraged her to tell her mother and the police were contacted."

Boore was arrested on August 5, 2014 and taken to Melksham Police Station by officers who also seized his computer, mobile phone and sex toys.

He told police he taught children aged 5-11 years-old and said: "I can't say that I did take her age. She said she was at school and that could be up to eighteen years-old, I took her to be sixteen.

"I should have stopped, but I got over-excited."

Mr. Hooper told the jury: "He agreed knowing she was still at school, but given her interest in fetish and being sexually active he thought she was sixteen.

"He said he let himself down and should have made some checks and said he was shocked to find out she was two years below sixteen."

The girl told Boore she had not even started her GCSE's and she told police during a video interview his hand was motioning under the table as she played with herself.

As for the lipstick she said: "He told me to lick it and insert it," also telling officers about the clothes pegs: "He wanted me to do twenty, but I did two. It was painful and I couldn't sustain it."

She also poured hot candle wax on herself at his request. "I poured it on my chest. He wanted me to cover my nipples, which was quite painful."

Boore is a Football in the Community Coach, who has a Bsc degree in Bsc Sports & Exercise Science and hold coaching certificates for Football Level 2 and Cricket Level 2.

He also holds Level 1 certificates in hockey, rugby, badminton, tennis, emergency first aid, child protection and disabled football.

Trial continues…………. 

Teen Girl Sexually Assaulted On Nightbus: Can You ID Suspect?

Police are hunting a late-night bus pervert, who molested a 19 year-old female passenger.

These CCTV images of the suspect on board the night bus as it travelled through south-east London have been released.

The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday, August 16, last year at about 2.15am on a route N47 bus travelling towards Catford on the A21.

The suspect is described as possibly of Eastern European appearance, with a large nose, wearing a black leather jacket, light-coloured shirt, and black jeans.

Anyone who recognises the man or has any other information is asked to contact Police Constable Neil Webb of the Roads and Transport Policing Command on 020 3054 6712 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, quoting reference 187893.