Thursday, April 17, 2014
Life coach who defrauded Peter Odemwingie and six other clients out of over 80k sentenced
Lifestyle
Coach who defrauded Peter Odemwingie and six other clients out of
over 80,000 pounds has been spared from going to jail after she admitted
to the fraud and pledged to pay them back.
Stafford
Crown Court heard how Claire Duke of London Colney in Hertfordshire
admitted to seven fraud in which she charged clients for holidays and
flight while she used the money for herself.
Duke
was given a two-year suspended prison sentence.
The
38-year-old Lifestyle coach who ran a business where she offered concierge services and organized holidays and trips abroad pleaded
guilty to all counts.
With
sincere apologies tendered, Duke sobbed in the dock as the judge told
her : “you appear to be someone who on the face of its terrified of
the court's powers, and accepting that what you have done was
appalling.
Expressing
concern for her victims the judge also said: “You have pleaded
guilty to seven matters of fraud involving professionals,
hard-working people wanting to spend money on holidays and treats”
Some
of these people may have been wealthy, but that doesn't make any
difference. It's there money”
Recorder
David Mason QC accepted that Duke's business had encountered
difficulties and had not been set up or designed as a fraud from the
outset and as she left the court, Duke once again expressed deep
apologies for the stress and upset she had caused.
“I
would just like to pass on my sincere apologies to everyone,” she
said
Nigerian
international and Stoke City striker Peter Odemwingie was defrauded
out of £22,000
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