The SNP has called on the Conservatives to return £170,000 of donations made by Michelle Mone’s husband.
16.12.2022 - 23:45 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Tory peer Michelle Mone’s businessman husband could be facing a lengthy jail sentence if found guilty of fraud charges in Spain. Billionaire Doug Barrowman has been charged with crimes including corporate tax evasion.
Spanish prosecutors said they were seeking custodial sentences for seven British businessmen, including the 57-year-old, ahead of their trial. Barrowman could be imprisoned for more than five-and-a-half years if convicted. All seven businessmen deny the charges, according to the Mirror.
The five-day public hearing was suspended at the 11th hour, having been due to start late last month. It has now been rescheduled for next May. The indictment relates to claims Barrowman and his co-accused benefitted from a “fraudulent” invoice.
Prosecutors allege it was created to evade tax and take millions of pounds out of a Spanish company to put in their pockets. The company went bankrupt four years later, costing 200 workers at a cable factory near Santander their jobs.
An earlier civil court case absolved Mr Barrowman and his partners of administrative wrongdoing. But following a parallel criminal investigation, a judge ruled there was sufficient evidence for a trial and charges were laid. The invoice was fully declared, following legal advice, Mr Barrowman's lawyers insist, and he and his associates would be “very vigorously contesting” the allegations.
Mr Barrowman and his wife, who are both Scottish and married in 2020, face scrutiny over a £200million PPE deal, which they are alleged to have profited from after Baroness Mone lobbied ministers. Mone, 51, who made her fortune from lingerie firm, Ultimo, has said she is temporarily standing aside from the House of Lords “in order to clear her name of the allegations
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