Adviser in £1.3m pensioner con has appeal rejected

Michael Francis Mawdsley was given an eight year sentence by Chester Crown Court in May for targeting the recently retired and claiming commission on policies set up in his clients' names, but with false dates of birth and foreign addresses. His appeal was rejected at the Court of Appeal in London in less than five minutes, Chester First reports. Mr Justice Blake, who adjudicated on the case with Lord Justice Laws and Judge Richard Brown, said Mawdsley had committed the "grossest breach of trust" possible. During the original case, the court heard how the adviser attracted clients ...