Lord Black of Crossharbour, Corrupt media tycoon faces 20 years’ jail
Once one of the most powerful press barons in the world, ya ya!, according to Vanity Fair, he carried a vomit bag around for years because of paralysing anxiety attacks., faces 15-20 years behind bars after a jury declared him guilty yesterday of looting the newspaper empire he built.
The former Telegraph chairman was convicted of three counts of fraud and one charge of obstruction of justice at the climax of a four-month trial in Chicago.
The former Telegraph chairman was convicted of three counts of fraud and one charge of obstruction of justice at the climax of a four-month trial in Chicago.
posted by dion at 22:13
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Black got the recognition he yearned when he took a seat in the Lords in October 2001 as Lord Black of Crossharbour, turning his back on Canada where he acquired the nickname "lord tubby". Ironically, in the same month, a New York fund manager wrote to Hollinger directors to make early inquiries about unusual "non-compete" payments of $80m to Black and three colleagues which began his long legal unravelling.
Why this is posted here,..
Saturn opposite Neptune of the last two years,. has had us "Predict" these fraud stories coming to the fore,.. Not much of a prediction really,.. But yeah,.. This chaps hidden handshakes truly have been exposed,..
Looking at current skies, it is phenomenal to see how accutely he is called to the stage,.. and further by 30 Nov 2007, he will have met his fate,...
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