Millionaire awarded 372k for not having comb, 'decent' underwear in cell! |
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London, May 28 ANI: An Austrian multi-millionaire has claimed that he has been promised 372,000 pounds in taxpayer-funded compensation for not being given a comb or 'decent' underwear during his stay at Pentonville Prison in north London for six days. The UK's Serious Fraud Office had questioned Count Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly over allegations of bribery and corruption at aerospace company BAE. But as he complained of not being given these basic amenities in cell, he was awarded the payout from the Government's Central Funds as soon as the SFO discontinued its inquiries, deciding that it was 'no longer in the public interest to continue the investigation into the conduct of individuals'. "I would have stayed four weeks had I known that," the Daily Express quoted Mensdorff-Pouilly as telling an Austrian magazine jokingly on hearing about his compensation. ANI Posted by aniin on Sunday May 29 reply Comments |
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