Paperny fought his case in court for three years before pleading guilty. Justin Paperny
I was 33 years old. I was tired and angry. After three and a half years in court, I was actually kind of relieved to begin my sentence and start getting credit for serving time.
Within a few hours of surrendering that morning in 2008, I went from being Justin Paperny to Inmate #44499-112. Reality hit as I was handcuffed, strip searched, fingerprinted, DNA sample tested, and photographed for a mugshot. The expensive running sneakers and watch I d assumed I could keep were quickly confiscated and replaced by prison-issued slip-on sneakers, khakis, and t-shirts.
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Ged Comerford is the operational director of The Christmas Decorators, a UK-based company with 47 branches that employs about 400 people.
His business has decked the halls of the Buckinghamshire home of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, as well as David and Victoria Beckham s property.
His day starts around 6 a.m. and finishes around midnight he gets around 400 emails a day and thousands of inquiries a season to decorate people s houses for the holidays.
Customers pay anywhere from $700 to $80,000 for custom decorations.
Here s his story, as told to freelance writer Zoe Rosenberg.