Former Co-Operative Bank chair jailed for fraud
by Mark Brown North of England correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6VJD1)
An arrest warrant had been issued for Paul Flowers after he failed to turn up to a hearing earlier this month
A disgraced former church minister and banking group boss who acquired the nickname Crystal Methodist has been jailed for three years by a judge in Manchester.
Paul Flowers, 74, had pleaded guilty to 18 fraud charges amounting to 100,000 after abusing his position as the executor of the will and holder of power of attorney for a woman named Margaret Jarvis.
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