Colin Nesbitt set up Little Heroes Cancer Trust after grandson fell ill with disease
The 60-year-old siphoned off thousands in cash to pay for holidays and caravan
He had sole control of the accounts and did not want other people banking cash
He stole a total of £87,000 and defrauded the charity out of a further £235,000
Nesbitt was convicted of four counts of fraud and one of count of theft between 2009 and 2015 after a five-week trial and was sentenced to 20 months in prison
Some of the packets of cigarettes were hidden in boxes of crisps within the store. But his defence solicitor told Magistrates that customers of the store were not being mislead into buying products they thought were legal - pointing out that if people bought cigarettes with foreign languages on the box they would likely realise they were not genuine. The charges Saleh pleaded guilty to included offering for sale goods bearing a false trademark and supplying a tobacco product not carrying health warnings. Aneeka Sarwar, prosecuting, said: “There was a degree of professionalism as the cigarettes were concealed in crisp packet boxes on the premises, and that cigarettes were found in a van and his home. This indicates a high degree of professionalism.”
AN inquest has opened into the death of 19-year-old Muhammed Mujahid Hussain last week.
Bradford Coroners Court heard that on April 22, police were contacted in relation to disorder in the street. A short time later, the Bradford Royal Infirmary contacted police in relation to a gentleman who had been dropped off at the hospital with injuries, who sadly passed away. The inquest was adjourned as the police investigation into the teenager s death is ongoing. Hashim Sajjad, 19, of Wheatlands Crescent, Daisy Hill, appeared before Bradford Magistrates Court on Wednesday. It is alleged that the teenager murdered Mr Hussain late on April 22, following large scale disorder in Duckworth Lane.
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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.
A police cordon was in place for most of Thursday on Fell Lane, in Keighley, after a murder investigation was launched. Two men and a woman from Keighley all denied murdering local man George Dore when they appeared before Bradford Crown Court today. Leslie Walker, 46, and Angela Thornton, 48, both of Nightingale Street, and Anthony Atha, 53, of West Bank Close, are accused of murdering Mr Dore, 49, in Fell Lane, Keighley, on April 8. The three each pleaded not guilty to the charge when they appeared before the court on video links to HMP Leeds and, in Thornton’s case, Newhall Prison. The trial has been fixed to begin on September 27.