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Winchester Crown Court A MAN who fabricated fake quotes to allow customers to rake in thousands of pounds in grants has avoided a prison sentence. Laurence Fisk was working at Cold Control, in Ropley, near Alresford, when he became involved in a scam to submit applications for grants from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). In 2017, the 62-year-old was approached by clients to make fake quotes in the names of other companies. His business would then get the work at a lower rate, but the customers would submit the fabricated quotes - which were always at a higher rate - to the Rural Payments Agency, who handled the funding for Defra, Winchester Crown Court was told on April 1.
A REVOLVER full of bullets was found in a BMW by mechanics undertaking an MOT and police later found a loaded rifle at the owner s home. A fine of £2,500 and a suspended prison sentence was handed to Clive Edward Abbott, 65, of Cockleton Lane, when he appeared before the Isle of Wight Crown Court on Friday. Abbott admitted possession of an Armi Jager self-loading rifle, possession of a Webley and Scott revolver, possession of a sound moderator, three counts of possession of ammunition, and possession of an offensive weapon an extendable ASP baton. Robin Sellers, prosecuting, said the matters came to light when a mechanic conducting an MOT discovered the revolver hidden behind panels in the boot, and called police.
Tyrell Thompson THE ex-girlfriend of a murderer has been spared jail after burning evidence which linked him to the crime. Kayleigh Hardiman burned a blue Puma tracksuit belonging to her then boyfriend Tyrell Thompson when he called her from prison. Thompson, 24, of Kingston Road, London, was jailed for life in December for his “frenzied” murder of Lee Chapman in Cromer Road, Southend in March last year. Thompson stabbed the 26-year-old before fleeing the area, and was later arrested on April 7.
Victim - Lee Chapman
Victim Lee Chapman Whilst in prison, he phoned his pregnant girlfriend Hardiman at her home address in Old Hospital Close, London at 6.55pm.