NewsWhore
06-27-2012, 03:20 PM
According to British newspaper The Independent, Michael Brown, who was convicted of ?8 million fraud, has had his jail sentence extended by six months for fleeing the UK, breaching his bail conditions and going to the Dominican Republic.
Last month a judge ordered Brown to start his seven-year jail sentence for theft, perverting the course of justice and transferring criminal property. This sentence has now been increased by six months.
Police believe that Brown may have stolen up to ?60 million, with an ?18 million haul still unaccounted for. He fled the UK using a false passport in November 2008, sparking an international manhunt. He was living in the Dominican Republic under the name of Darren Nally, and was arrested in the tourist area of Punta Cana in January over an unrelated fraud charge.
The Dominican Republic does not have an extradition treaty with the UK, but Brown was deported to Madrid, from where he was brought back to the UK through a European Arrest Warrant.
He is also wanted in Mallorca on fraud charges and may be sent back to Spain after completing his sentence in the UK.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/extra-six-months-jail-for-lib-dem-donor-michael-brown-who-fled-fraud-conviction-7881214.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/extra-six-months-jail-for-lib-dem-donor-michael-brown-who-fled-fraud-conviction-7881214.html)
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Last month a judge ordered Brown to start his seven-year jail sentence for theft, perverting the course of justice and transferring criminal property. This sentence has now been increased by six months.
Police believe that Brown may have stolen up to ?60 million, with an ?18 million haul still unaccounted for. He fled the UK using a false passport in November 2008, sparking an international manhunt. He was living in the Dominican Republic under the name of Darren Nally, and was arrested in the tourist area of Punta Cana in January over an unrelated fraud charge.
The Dominican Republic does not have an extradition treaty with the UK, but Brown was deported to Madrid, from where he was brought back to the UK through a European Arrest Warrant.
He is also wanted in Mallorca on fraud charges and may be sent back to Spain after completing his sentence in the UK.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/extra-six-months-jail-for-lib-dem-donor-michael-brown-who-fled-fraud-conviction-7881214.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/extra-six-months-jail-for-lib-dem-donor-michael-brown-who-fled-fraud-conviction-7881214.html)
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