Former Honister adviser jailed for £380k fraud

Angus McClymont was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court on Monday after pleading guilty to 14 counts of fraud by abuse of position between April 2008 and October 2011. The Salisbury-based adviser's victims were mainly of retirement age and came from came from across Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Sussex and Cornwall, the Salisbury Journal reports. The 40-year-old's defence claimed he had been going through difficulties in his marriage and that his baby son had been suffering health problems, meaning his living expenses were exceeding his income. Sentencing McClymont, recorder Andrew ...