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Unemployed truckie tried to sell London’s Ritz hotel

5 JULY: An unemployed truck driver who tried to sell London’s swanky Ritz Hotel at a bargain price of $400m has been found guilty of obtaining money by deception.

Anthony Lee, an undischarged bankrupt who had no authority to engage in any kind of sale transaction, talked two investors into paying him of a deposit of $1.6m before the intending buyers smelt a rat.

Lee had convinced them that he had the approval of the hotel’s owners to negotiate a sale at a price some $300m below the real value of the property.

A prosecutor told a court last month that the deal was "pure fantasy".

He’s now awaiting sentence, with a judge warning him that he faces a "substantial" time in jail.

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News in Brief for 6 February

UK SNOW CHAOS One-third of the flights at London Heathrow were due to be cancelled yesterday amid forecasts of heavy snow. Authorities warned of dangerous driving conditions.

RUN OVER BY JET A Boeing worker was seriously injured Saturday when he was run over by a 787 Dreamliner being towed at the planemaker’s Paine Field airport north of Seattle. The man was initially trapped under right wing landing gear.

SCUBA DEATH A US tourist has died while scuba diving in Grand Cayman in the Caribbean.The 47-year-old woman lost consciousness while ascending from a dive on Saturday. Efforts were made to revive her, but she was declared dead soon after being taken to a hospital.
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