Teen found hiding in loft of drugs farm had posed for pictures with bundles of cash thetelegraphandargus.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thetelegraphandargus.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
BBC News
Published
image copyrightBen Lack
image captionColin Nesbitt was convicted of theft and fraud after a five-week trial at Bradford Crown Court
The founder of a children s cancer charity has been jailed for stealing £87,000 from the organisation.
Colin Nesbitt, 60, set up the Bradford-based Little Heroes Cancer Trust in 2008 after his grandson became ill.
Nesbitt, who was featured in Channel 4 programme The Secret Millionaire in 2012, transferred the charity s money into other bank accounts and used some of it to provide unsecured loans.
Passing sentence at Bradford Crown Court, Judge Jonathan Gibson said Nesbitt, of Kent Road, Bingley, had used his position to cream off some of the money for himself.
1/1 The founder of the Little Heroes Cancer Trust has been jailed for 20 months for stealing from the charity and putting its money into bank accounts in his name. Colin Nesbitt, 60, of Kent Road, Bingley, was found guilty by a jury last month of four of-fences of fraud and one of theft between 2009 and 2015. Today, Judge Jonathan Gibson told him he had betrayed public confidence in the whole charities sector. “You were dishonestly mingling personal and charity expenditure,” he said. But it would be unjust to sentence Nesbitt on the basis of “the headline figures on the indictment.” Much of that money was spent on Christmas toy drops, staff wages and cost of the premises.
Bradford Crown Court THE sentencing of a man who assaulted a police officer and sexually assaulted a woman has been adjourned until a psychiatric report has been produced. Asif Khan, 35, of Thorn Drive, Heaton, appeared on a video link to Bradford Crown Court on Friday. He was due to be sentenced after previously pleading guilty to assaulting a police officer in Bradford on December 29 last year, sexually assaulting a woman by touching her bottom, and common assault on December 1. He also admitted to 11 breaches of a Criminal Behaviour Order banning him from attending A&E departments. But Judge Jonathan Gibson adjourned the case untilMay 28, citing the need for a psychiatric report.