Nine charged in mortgage fraud trial

Teesside Crown Court heard how nine fraudsters, including a family of four, repeatedly lied about their financial situations to obtain numerous mortgage applications between 2005 and 2008, reported the News Gazette. In total, a “six-figure” sum was transferred, however the court was informed that there were no arrears on the mortgages that were falsely obtained. The group of nine included Catherine Beadnall, the landlady of a pub in Middlesbrough, her ex-husband John Francis Howard, their two sons Christopher and John Ronald Howard and James Hewison, of Great Broughton – who acted as ...