The chief executive of a large, Worthing-based wealth management business has been convicted of assault after permanently scarring a passenger during a 'drunken' row on a commuter train.
Croydon Magistrates' Court confirmed 45-year-old Kevin Fowler, CEO of Platinum Wealth Management, was sentenced to a one year community order, with 200 hours of unpaid work, after the incident which reportedly left another man with a cut under his eye. He was also ordered to pay £1,500 in compensation and court costs of £550. The Daily Mail reports Fowler, of Goring-by-Sea, Worthing, got angry with victim Adrian Farthing as his laptop bag was taking up a seat on a late-night train from London Bridge. The pair then had an argument which culminated in the assault. The paper said Fowl...
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