Financier 'conned leading anti-apartheid activist who became Commonwealth diplomat out of £1.1m'
Maurice Miskelly, 62, allegedly swindled the fortune from Jamaican activist Patsy Robertson. Ms Robertson served as Director of Information for the Commonwealth Secretariat and Official Spokesperson for the Commonwealth between 1983 and 1994. Described as 'charming and eloquent', she died from heart failure, aged 86, in August last year. According to the charges, Miskelly duped the ambassador into handing over the money by pretending he would invest it on her behalf in ‘property schemes’ between August 2014 and September 2014. He is also accused of defrauding her daughter, Sarah Roberts...