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Updated November 12th, 2018 at 18:03 IST

Fraudster escapes UK during flying lesson, convinces the instructor to drop him in France

An on-the-run fraudster was capable of escape the nation by taking a flying lesson and persuading the trainer to drop him off in France.

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An on-the-run fraudster was capable of escaping the nation by taking a flying lesson and persuading the trainer to drop him off in France. According to a foreign publication, Jamie Colwell and his father Brian Colwell had been convicted of a 1 million pound VAT scam and faced lengthy prison sentences. However, while out on bail, 51-year-old Jamie Colwell hatched an elaborate plan to escape UK.

The matter was brought to light again after a UK court added six months to his prison sentence on Friday for the breach of bail. Details of his extraordinary escape plan then emerged. Jamie first booked a driver to drive his 74-year-old father to France in his new Porsche Cayenne. He then used his father’s name and passport to book a flying lesson in south east Kent.

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However, when the aircraft entered French airspace during the lesson, Jamie convinced the instructor to land at an airfield in the Pas-de-Calais region and let him out. He then met up with his father and the pair fled to Malaga in Spain.

Officers from the HMRC launched an investigation after the defendants didn’t re-appear at Bournemouth Crown Court docket in January for sentencing. They had been capable of monitor the rental van’s journey to a deal with in southern Spain, the place the daddy and son had been arrested in Might.

They had been extradited again to the UK the place Jamie Colwell was jailed for 5 years and three months and his father imprisoned for 2 years and eight months for fraud. The pair additionally admitted offences of breaching court docket bail circumstances and had been every given an additional six months on prime of their unique sentences.

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Published November 12th, 2018 at 17:32 IST

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