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Post by Big Lin on Mar 20, 2009 17:33:23 GMT
news.uk.msn.com/uk/article.aspx?cp-documentid=15264990Friday, 20 March 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loan shark who raped debtor jailed © ITN 2009 A loan shark who raped an impoverished customer and threatened to petrol-bomb another woman's house has been jailed for seven years. Paul Nicholson, 39, squeezed hundreds of thousands of pounds from working-class families. If repayments were overdue he demanded his money by threatening debtors with the baseball bat, machete and knuckle dusters he owned. Warrington Crown Court has heard that Nicholson, who lived in a £1 million house next to a golf course in Delamere, Cheshire, forced one woman who owed him money to perform a sex act. He told one debtor: "Your priority is to pay me, not feed your kids." The former nightclub doorman was convicted last month of 18 charges which included rape, 12 counts of blackmail, lying about his criminal record, operating without a licence and assault. His girlfriend, mother-of-one Tracey Rogers, 38, helped run his "wicked" empire from their home and she was convicted of blackmail, operating without a licence and acquiring criminal property. The couple targeted more than 800 poor people across Widnes and Runcorn in Cheshire, charging up to 150 per cent interest on loans.
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Mar 20, 2009 19:57:36 GMT
Worthless scum.
AH
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Post by Big Lin on Mar 21, 2009 1:55:19 GMT
I agree absolutely, dear Alpha.
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Post by lawrence on Mar 21, 2009 17:01:45 GMT
Animal he is.
His eyes look non-human from the picture.
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Post by iamjumbo on Mar 21, 2009 18:55:11 GMT
something like aig, countrywide, and bank of america here in the states
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2009 13:43:38 GMT
I was interested to see what his girlfriend got and googled - she was jailed for four years. But it says here that Nicholson was jailed indefinately, not seven years - though his case can be reviewed after six years so I suppose it amounts to much the same thing. times story
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