Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Ex-Exeter's Chairman & Deputy Court Sentence for Fraudulent Trading
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BBC - Football fraudsters due in court
The ex-chairman of Exeter City Football Club and his deputy are to be sentenced after they admitted fraudulent trading.
The offences committed by John Russell, 51, from West Yorkshire, and Michael Lewis, 65, from Swansea, left the club several million pounds in debt.
They managed to pull off a coup in 2002 by attracting singer Michael Jackson to St James' Park, as well as illusionists Uri Gellar and David Blaine.
Russell and Lewis will be sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Wednesday.
Russell, from Cannon Hall Close, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, and Lewis, from Loughor Road, Gorseinon, Swansea, pleaded guilty last month to the fraud, which took place between February 2002 and May 2003.
Russell also pleaded guilty to obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception.
The pair said they believed they were caught after Geller reported them to the police.
The football club is now being run by a supporters' trust BBC
BBC - Football fraudsters due in court
The ex-chairman of Exeter City Football Club and his deputy are to be sentenced after they admitted fraudulent trading.
The offences committed by John Russell, 51, from West Yorkshire, and Michael Lewis, 65, from Swansea, left the club several million pounds in debt.
They managed to pull off a coup in 2002 by attracting singer Michael Jackson to St James' Park, as well as illusionists Uri Gellar and David Blaine.
Russell and Lewis will be sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Wednesday.
Russell, from Cannon Hall Close, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, and Lewis, from Loughor Road, Gorseinon, Swansea, pleaded guilty last month to the fraud, which took place between February 2002 and May 2003.
Russell also pleaded guilty to obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception.
The pair said they believed they were caught after Geller reported them to the police.
The football club is now being run by a supporters' trust BBC
