Nadir fraud case goes to Old Bailey
After 17 years in exile, former multimillionaire businessman Asil Nadir returned to the UK this week to face fraud charges relating to the collapse of his Polly Peck business empire in 1990.
Nadir, who was originally due to stand trial in 1993, was accused of 66 counts of fraud involving more than £34 million allegedly stolen from the company.
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One law for the rich and one for the peasants?
So next time I skip bail on say- money-laundering etc., I ring up the filth from N Cyprus, and say I’m only coming back years later if you pre-agree that I can stay out on bail when I return to face the musack despite having already demonstrated to you what an untrustworthy and unsavoury character I am who has absolutely no respect / trust in the operation of the UK legal system. And of course the only reason I am willing to come back now is that I have made bundles whilst hiding beyond the reach of UK Police, and will apply this to an army of (uk) lawyers to get me off with at worst a bit of a fine. Oh and I don’t care that this farrago will cost the UK tax-payer literally millions for what?
What muppet agreed for this man to return? We merely had to say “you come back to jail or not at all” – cost about £40 for the couriered letter via Turkey.