Ed Buck, a former West Hollywood Democratic donor and political activist, was last week sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for fatally injecting two gay men with methamphetamine in exchange for sex, which led to their deaths. Sixty-seven-year-old Buck, who was white, preyed on vulnerable Black men who were struggling with addiction and homelessness for around a decade. The prosecution said that between 2011 and 2019, Buck engaged in a pattern they described as “party and play”. Buck would lure the men via social media, dating apps, escort websites or through referrals by his former victims, who were paid a “finder’s fees”.Ed Buck Moore (centre) and his victims Gemmel Moore (left) and Timothy Dean (right)Once the men were at his apartment, the prosecution alleged that “Buck prepared syringes containing methamphetamine, sometimes personally injecting the victims with or without their consent.
Mum battling depression stole £250,000 to fund a 'lavish' lifestyle
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A mum used the £250,000 she stole from work to fund a 'lavish style', a court was told yesterday.
Angela Boote was a long term employee at insurance brokers - with her duties including managing some company banking functions. Boote used this power to take cash for herself over a two-and-a-half year period, sending payments intended for clients to numerous personal accounts.
They included accounts for one of her daughters and one she shared with her husband, though there was no suggestion they were involved in the scheme. Boote would create elaborate paper trails to cover her tracks.
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The 52 year old, who has two children, looked down silently in the dock as she was jailed at Liverpool Crown Court this afternoon. Sarah Griffin, prosecuting, said Boote had worked for her employers since 1994 and many of her colleagues regarded her as a trusted member of staff at the firm, whose clients ranged from charities to NHS trusts.
Ms Griffin said: “By March 2016, Mrs Boote was responsible for credit control, managing the company bank and credit control functions. She initiated payments to clients in respect of refunds or overpayments of insurance premiums.”
Yet in early 2017 she began a campaign of theft that ultimately saw her redirect £255,854.32 to four accounts linked to her. Ms Griffin said that rather than sending money for refunds to clients’ accounts, Boote would send them to four accounts linked to herself before covering up her dishonesty.
She was found out after a client noticed that a £224 refund had not been paid to their account while Boote was on leave in January 2020. A colleague tasked with addressing the complaint then found the money was sent
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