17/10/2013

Coroner Pleads Guilty To Fraud

A coroner has pleaded guilty to stealing from the estates of dead people.

57-year-old Alan Crickmore, coroner for Gloucestershire until he was suspended in December 2010, pleaded guilty to 24 counts of fraud, totalling some £2 million.

According to reports Crickmore was bailed and electronically tagged ahead of sentencing on November 28.

(MH/IT)

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