Fleetwood Town Owner Guity of Fraud

[AfloatinClaret]

It amazes me that you can get a longer sentence for fraud than for taking a life.

Yes, but those sort of sentences are only handed down to the little people like Pilley and the one last week for the girl running the travel agency scam in the northeast. If you're a bank or international business, particularly one which contributes to the political parties, then it's just a case of appointing a mid-level scape goat from withing the company and giving him a slap on the wrist.

[Tricky Trevor]

Yes, gaoled. It’s a valid alternative word for jailed.

I was taught gaoled was english and jailed was American. Might not be true but I’ve stuck with it.

[longsidetrumpet]

Gaoled is archaic. I've been in journalism 53 years and I've never seen it used yet in either my papers or others I read. Jailed, yes, locked up is the usual tabloid version