You’ve probably wondered what your childhood peers have been upto after school? Have they won on the lottery, developed a cure for cancer, or been up to more salubrious shenanigans? Well I know that one peer is the musical director of the Holyland Experience in the good ol’ USA, which came as a surprise as I didn’t realise that he was particularly inclined to all that religious mumbo-jumbo. But whatever gets you through the night, etc…
Well today I had another update from my past thanks to the reams of newsprint dedicated to a fraud trial going on in that there London today. I knew both of the lads involved from school, though I knew one better than the other, and if someone had said to me at sixteen, “You know so-and-so and whathisface…? They are going to be involved in a £3 million fraud trial by the time they are 38…”, I would have guffawed like a drooling idiot.
Anyway, here are the links:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5171213/Buckingham-Palace-policeman-threatened-to-kill-best-friend-over-3m-scam.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2380620.ece
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/17/buckingham-palace-fraud
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/royalwatch/news/article_1471383.php/Royal_protection_officer_ran_con
The best line I’ve drawn from these reports is that the fraudster used the excuse that “a spider in his eye had caused an infection” to stall non-payment of debt. I must remember to use that the next time my creditors are after me. (That last line was a cynical attempt at humour – I pay all my debts on time, I might add!)
This story certainly beats that glorious Olympic morning when this guy got his chance at winning gold plucked from his hands after testing positive for drugs. We didn’t get on too well at school, so it really did seem as if god pays debts without money afterall…
Ain’t life strange and wonderful at the same time?
EDIT:
Now the fraud has gone up to £3m…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/5172567/Royal-protection-officer-threatened-to-kill-best-friend-for-exposing-3m-scam.html

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