Tag Archives: Hillingdon

Slow count fraudster avoids jail

SBC News Slow count fraudster avoids jail

A ‘slow count’ fraudster has avoided jail despite costing bookmaker Ladbrokes an estimated £10,000 across an 18 month period. Snaresbrook Crown Court heard how John O’Connor conned staff at 14 branches of Ladbrokes over 18 months from July 2012. Among the tactics used by O’Connor was the placing of a bet near to the off, then using a variety of …

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Coral ditches plan to open betting shop in Hayes Town Hillingdon

SBC News Coral ditches plan to open betting shop in Hayes Town Hillingdon

Facing local opposition UK bookmaker Coral has withdrawn its application to open a bookmaker in Hayes Town (London Borough of Hillingdon). Coral had applied to open a retail betting shop in an empty Horizon Electronics store on Station Road. However the bookmaker met the opposition of various community groups as the retail betting shop would be situated nearby the local …

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