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Four appear in court charged with fraudulent activity over sale of Rangers

FOUR men appeared in court yesterday charged with fraudulent activity following an investigation into the sale of Rangers FC in 2011.

By Stephen Wilkie

PUBLISHED: 00:25, Tue, Nov 18, 2014

 

 

 

David Grier, 53, Paul Clark, 50, and David Whitehouse, 49, who worked for Duff and Phelps, Rangers’ administrators, were detained in swoops in England on Friday.

 

Solicitor Gary Withey, 50, who worked for law firm Collyer Bristow, which represented Craig Whyte before he bought Rangers from Sir David Murray for just £1 in 2011, was also arrested.

 

Police Scotland officers carried out the operation under warrants.

 

They were backed by officers from Surrey, Cheshire and Thames Valley, before transporting the four to Glasgow, where they were detained in custody over the weekend.

 

All four made no plea or declaration at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

 

They were granted bail until a future hearing before Sheriff Sam Cathcart.

 

Mr Grier, Mr Clark and Mr Whitehouse were also charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice.

 

Mr Withey, from Woking, Surrey, who also faces a charge under the Companies Act 2003, was heckled by Rangers supporters outside the court.

 

The four men are expected to appear in court again at a later date

 

Mr Whitehouse, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, and Mr Clark, from Esher, Surrey, each face two charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

 

Mr Grier, from Wokingham, Berkshire, is also alleged to have attempted to pervert the course of justice.

 

All three men were employees of MCR Partners prior to its acquisition by Duff and Phelps in October 2011. The firm acted as Rangers’ administrators from February 2012.

 

Mr Withey, who was Rangers’ company secretary and a former partner with Collyer Bristow, resigned his role at both the firm and the football club in 2012, citing death threats against himself and his family.

 

The four men are expected to appear in court again at a later date and could find themselves standing in the dock alongside former Rangers owner Craig Whyte.

 

Prosecutors confirmed on Friday that an arrest warrant has been issued for the 43-year-old, whose location is unknown.

 

Whyte, originally from Motherwell, pledged to settle the club’s £18million Lloyds Bank debt.

 

It later emerged that he paid the debt by selling three years of season tickets to finance firm Ticketus for £25million.

 

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/536633/Four-appear-in-court-charged-with-fraudulent-activity-over-sale-of-Rangers

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Ex-Rangers owner Craig Whyte appears in court for bail review

 

19:46, 12 May 2015

By Gordon Robertson

 

 

THE former Rangers owner attended Glasgow Sheriff Court for a bail review which was held in private.

 

CRAIG Whyte was back in Glasgow today for a court appearance.

 

The former Rangers owner attended Glasgow Sheriff Court for a bail review which was held in private.

 

Whyte was earlier spotted at Gatwick Airport waiting for a flight to back to Scotland.

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