A Devout Christian solicitor has been jailed for four years for scamming his clients out of £1.85million which he used to gamble on the Spanish lottery.
Hugh Lansdell, 74, was a top lawyer at Hansells firm in Norwich when he fleeced his clients' accounts between 2015 and 2017 to try and unlock winnings of £825,000 he believed he was in line for from a Spanish lottery jackpot.
The disgraced solicitor has been declared bankrupt after he lost all of his and his wife's money - with the betrayal leading him to divorce.Thousands of police officers have their names and pictures stolen after cyber-attack on Greater Manchester Police The disgraced solicitor has been declared bankrupt after he lost all of his and his wife's money - with the betrayal leading him to divorce.He funded the chase of his fortune by stealing £1.5million from his clients and also embezzling £350,000 from two charities that he was a trustee of.
He was struck off in 2019 for the stolen funds and he was sentenced to four years in prison for the charade on Friday September 22.
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