Buy a charity a house.

[woody1]

They do say charity begins at home.

[northernladuk]

or captain Toms Daughter

https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/...ity-award.html

Half of me wants to follow this and see exactly what they've been up to and see them getting exactly what they deserve. The other half doesn't want to know as it will just make my blood boil. I know it will be the latter TBH so I'm going to try to avoid these stories.

Where a relative/individual is thrown in the spotlight and ends up being in control it never ends well. I'm sure there are endless examples where someone takes up the role and totally cocks it up like these two stories. Just because they are linked to the topic it doesn't make them skilled at the work.

[vetran]

or captain Toms Daughter

https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/...ity-award.html

[ladymuck]

Less paywall links please. Can't read the darn article.

Or paste the URL into Archive Today
https://archive.ph/EVzKA

[vetran]

so its not just blag lives matter!

[Paddy]

Less paywall links please. Can't read the darn article.

Try Pale Moon Browser

[SueEllen]

Less paywall links please. Can't read the darn article.

That's why I copy and paste the story as well.

[northernladuk]

Less paywall links please. Can't read the darn article.

[SueEllen]

After Major Tom's allegedly crooked daughter declined to continue her Piers Morgan interview, this guy has actually been caught. Unfortunately the prisons are full.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...bexhill-house/


The owner of a wildlife sanctuary has been convicted of fraud after using tens of thousands of pounds of public donations to buy a house.
Chris Tucker, 59, a former animal rights activist who was jailed in 1992 for an attack on a McDonald’s restaurant, was convicted on Friday at Lewes Crown Court of fraudulently using £190,000 of public donations to pay for his own property. He is due to be sentenced next month.

The money was raised for Bexhill and Hastings Wildlife Rescue and Sanctuary between 2017 and January 2019, which Tucker claimed would help to secure his semi-detached house – where it is based – in a trust or community interest company.

He added that the money would be safeguarded officially for good causes and not benefit him or anyone else personally.

However, in November 2019, police received an allegation that Tucker had used the public-generated funds to buy out his ex-partner and take sole ownership of the property.

Tucker, of Chantry Avenue, Bexhill, was arrested and subsequently charged with fraud by false representation.

He denied the offence, but it was proven that he acted dishonestly in order to acquire a valuable property in his sole name.

After the verdict, Detective Constable Jake O’Reilly said: “In November 2019, Sussex Police were contacted following an allegation that Tucker had made promises to sign over his property to a trust which would oversee the future running of Bexhill and Hastings Wildlife Sanctuary and Rescue if enough money could be raised by supporters.

“When this amount was achieved, it was alleged that Tucker had then acted dishonestly and taken sole control of a large property where the rescue is based.

“The result of this fraud was that Tucker had acquired a large mortgage-free house and the rescue – which is not a registered charity – was not safeguarded by an independent trust which would make collective decisions on its future.”


Police Investigator Peters, who pieced together the investigation between 2019 and 2023, added: “This was a long and complex fraud enquiry involving a vast amount of donations and donors who were not given a true account of what would happen to their money. I am pleased justice has been served.”

On Monday 9 October, at Hove Crown Court, Tucker was further convicted of one count of contempt of court in relation to messages posted on social media, which he pleaded guilty to, and his sentencing was adjourned to Friday 10 November 2023.