SFO - Serious Fraud Office

FOUR JAILED IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CORRUPTION CASE

17 November 2000

Two (former) directors of Bell Cablemedia and two executives of sub-contracting firms were sentenced today in a case of bribery for the award of contracts for the laying of television and telephone cables.

All four defendants entered guilty pleas before trial. A fifth defendant was acquitted.

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Notes to Editors:

  • The SFO investigation, which commenced in 1996 was conducted with support from the West Yorkshire Police.
  • Counsel for the SFO were: Philip Mott QC and Gerard Pounder

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