'Lord' Edward Davenport (home was used for 'The King's Speech') jailed for multimillion-pound fraud

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Source: Press Association Via The Guardian

The self-styled lord, whose home was used to film The King's Speech, was the mastermind of an 'advanced fee fraud' scheme

Wednesday October 05 2011 13.12 BST

An entrepreneur whose lavish home was used in scenes from the Oscar-winning film The King's Speech and for a less mainstream "porn disco" has been jailed for a multimillion-pound fraud.

Self-styled "Lord" Edward Davenport, 45, was the mastermind of an "advanced fee fraud" scheme in which scores of businesses were ripped off.

Davenport – who owns Sierra Leone's former High Commission in west London – set up Gresham Ltd in 2005 and pretended it was a respectable business with 50 years' experience of sourcing huge commercial loans.

"To outward appearances it was long-established, wealthy and prestigious," said Simon Mayo QC, for the prosecution at Southwark crown court.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/05/lord-edward-davenport-jailed-fraud

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Fascinating story that will no doubt be made into a movie itself in the not too distant...

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1. Great Web Site

http://www.davenporttrust.com/

This guy was good.

[dipsydoodle]

2. He was convicted in May

Fraud squad probably kept this under wraps while assets were rounded up. Sentencing may also have been delayed due to other ongoing trials.

A flamboyant conman who boasted about mixing with rock stars and royalty at his London mansion has been jailed for seven years and eight months after being found guilty of fraud.

Edward Davenport, 45, was convicted in May but reporting restrictions have only now been lifted.

Video and narrative on this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15181729

More here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15186688

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3. I was just being sarcastic.

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[dipsydoodle]

4. I had realised that

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