A retired chartered accountant ‘stabbed her fourth husband to death with a kitchen knife in a row over an iPad charger’ at their £300,000 home, it is alleged. Penelope Jackson, 65, has been charged with murdering David Jackson, 78, at the property in the village of Berrow, near Weston-super-Mare, on Saturday night. Mrs Jackson’s son-in-law, … Read more
A sacked PwC accountant who was jailed for drunkenly groping a sleeping woman’s breasts aboard a British Airways flight before attacking her with a book when she rejected him was today allowed to continue working. James Phipps was on a transatlantic flight when he rubbed the breasts of a female passenger two seats away from … Read more
A trainee accountant who feared her boyfriend did not love her enough, hanged herself in a bid for his attention, but inadvertently died, a coroner ruled today. Mother-of-one Ella Lomas, 24, was found by her boyfriend Bradley, after they had a relationship ‘tiff’ at a party. In an emotional conversation with her mother in the days … Read more
A ‘beautiful and healthy’ British accountant died ‘of sudden adult death syndrome’ while in Australia on a dream work trip with her boyfriend. Jessica Welsby, 24, from St Helens, had travelled to Melbourne with her boyfriend as part of an international exchange programme with the company she worked for. Her family said she was having … Read more
A high-flying accountant accused of defrauding his firm out of £1 million to blow on prostitutes could face jail over claims he lied to a court. Mohammed Asif Khan looked after the books for Tyneside-based North of England Coachworks Ltd, the north east’s largest vehicle bodyshop. But former bosses are suing the 42-year-old – who drives … Read more
Bogus accountant pretended to have cancer after swindling client out of £186,000 when his only financial training came from fellow prisoner he met while serving previous jail term David Weller set himself up as a tax agent after receiving training from cellmate He stole a total of £186,000 over three years from a building company … Read more
Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below. P.O. writes: I work in my own little business, and in 2012 I switched my two telephone lines … Read more
Sugababes’ Amelle Berrabah is ‘left bankrupt after her accountant failed to deal with £650,000 tax bill’ when the girl group split up The singer, 35, is said to have received a bankruptcy order in 2013 when Ben White did not file returns to HMRC after the girl group split According to The Sun, a tribunal … Read more