billionaire gets £372,000 for 6 days jail the AA grumpy column
Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 10:03 am
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BILLIONAIRE Austrian toff held in a British jail for six days won £372,000 compensation - then complained he was not given a COMB.
Count Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly successfully sued prison authorities for wrongful imprisonment.
Once back home, he moaned: "I wasn't given decent underwear despite having asked for it several times.
"And they didn't give me a comb. Human rights are not respected in custody in England - in contrast to Austria, where things happen in a correct way."
The 57-year-old businessman, who has a Scottish castle, shamelessly admitted he would happily have stayed FOUR WEEKS in jail if he knew how much taxpayers' cash he would get out of it.
He was in custody in London last year during a police probe into corruption in international arms deals.
The agent for BAE systems was accused of bribery to win fighter jet contracts.
Those charges were dropped but he is fighting corruption claims in Austria.
Read more: We hand Austrian billionaire £372k for six days in British jail | The Sun |News
AAG
well i had to post this HAIR RAISING story after i read it who WIG believe it that a billionaire would need this kind of money its a SLAP ON THE HEAD for the british taxpayer.
and another example of the rife compensation culture that clogs up our justice system
oh well this story will be HAIR TODAY and gone tommorow ,
:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
BILLIONAIRE Austrian toff held in a British jail for six days won £372,000 compensation - then complained he was not given a COMB.
Count Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly successfully sued prison authorities for wrongful imprisonment.
Once back home, he moaned: "I wasn't given decent underwear despite having asked for it several times.
"And they didn't give me a comb. Human rights are not respected in custody in England - in contrast to Austria, where things happen in a correct way."
The 57-year-old businessman, who has a Scottish castle, shamelessly admitted he would happily have stayed FOUR WEEKS in jail if he knew how much taxpayers' cash he would get out of it.
He was in custody in London last year during a police probe into corruption in international arms deals.
The agent for BAE systems was accused of bribery to win fighter jet contracts.
Those charges were dropped but he is fighting corruption claims in Austria.
Read more: We hand Austrian billionaire £372k for six days in British jail | The Sun |News
AAG
well i had to post this HAIR RAISING story after i read it who WIG believe it that a billionaire would need this kind of money its a SLAP ON THE HEAD for the british taxpayer.
and another example of the rife compensation culture that clogs up our justice system
oh well this story will be HAIR TODAY and gone tommorow ,
:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl