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Shamed multi-millionaire businessman Lawrence Jones stepped down from his charity foundation after allegations surfaced. Jones, the founder of huge Manchester-based tech company UK Fast, has now been convicted of two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault following two trials at Manchester Crown Court.
It can now be revealed that the 55-year-old tycoon assaulted a woman, touching her inner thigh while asking to see her underwear. He also 'stupefied' two young women with drugs before raping them at his flat in Salford a decade earlier in the late 1990s.
When allegations first came to light in a Financial Times investigation in 2019, Jones stepped down as UKFast CEO. He released a statement via his lawyers announcing his decision.
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Jones' wife Gail - managing director and co-founder of the cloud computing firm - took over the role, before the company was sold and later merged with ANS. The rebranded company was unveiled as ANS Group in January 2022.
Jones statement when he stepped down read: "I have decided to step down as CEO of UKFast and take a leave of absence. A number of false and malicious allegations have been made against me and I am absolutely determined to ensure that they are fully investigated so that my name can be cleared.
"The interests of the employees, clients and investors in the business are paramount and much more important than any one individual. In the meantime, I am confident that the business will continue to grow and prosper."
In February this year, Jones resigned as a trustee of the Jones Community and Education Trust, the
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A statement from Prince Harry was read aloud in court today as he fights to have UK protection restored for him and his family.
strip him of taxpayer-funded police security when he visits Britain should be overturned.“The UK is my home,” read Harry’s witness statement prepared for the trial. “The UK is central to the heritage of my children and a place I want them to feel at home as much as where they live at the moment in the US.”“That cannot happen if it’s not possible to keep them safe when they are on UK soil,” he added.Fatima read out a portion of Harry’s statement at the hearing, denouncing the ruling previously made by the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures when he and Markle, 42, walked away from the monarchy in 2020.“I cannot put my wife in danger like that and, given my experiences in life, I am reluctant to unnecessarily put myself in harm’s way too,” the Duke’s statement explained, alluding to the tragic death of his mother Princess Diana from a car crash in 1997.
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A judge blasted convicted rapist Lawrence Jones as having a 'misogynistic view of women' as she jailed him for 15 years. The 55-year-old founder of Manchester tech company UK Fast attacked two women in the 1990s while he was a piano player in pubs and hotels across the city.
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Tom Jones, Bryan Adams, Madness and Sting have been announced as headliners for the inaugural Plymouth Summer Sessions festival 2024.Gabrielle, Cassyette, The Lightning Seeds and Blondie will also perform as support at the shows between June 13-16 at The Plymouth Hoe.Tickets are set to go on sale Friday (December 1) at 9am GMT, and you can buy your tickets here.A post shared by Sir Tom Jones (@realsirtomjones)Jones will kick off the first-ever Plymouth Summer Sessions on Thursday, June 13 with support from Gabrielle. Adams will then take to the stage on Friday, 14 June alongside special guest Cassyette.Madness are set to headline Saturday, June 15, joined by The Lightning Seeds, and Sting will close out the debut Plymouth Summer Sessions with special guest Blondie.“We are thrilled to bring together an extraordinary lineup of legendary artists for the first-ever Plymouth Summer Sessions,” said Peter Taylor, co-founder of festival partner Cuffe & Taylor in a press statement.“We can’t wait to enliven the spectacular location that is The Hoe, with the magic of world-class music.
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Disgraced businessman Lawrence Jones was willing to put up £1.4m to secure his release from prison just two months after he was convicted of sexual assault - so he could carry on enjoying his life and doing business, the Manchester Evening News can reveal.
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LadBaby have announced that they will not be releasing a 2023 festive single after five consecutive years of claiming the Christmas Number One.The duo – comprising husband and wife Mark and Roxanne Hoyle – have landed the UK Christmas Number One for five years straight with their comical twists on hit songs.LadBaby previously hit the top spot in 2018 with ‘We Built This City’, in 2019 with ‘I Love Sausage Rolls’, in 2020 with ‘Don’t Stop Me Eatin’’, and 2021 with the Ed Sheeran and Elton John collaboration ‘Sausage Rolls For Everyone’.In 2022, they broke a UK chart record previously held by The Beatles as they scored their fifth Christmas Number One with ‘Food Aid’.However, 2023 is set to leave the bid for Number One wide open after the pair confirmed that they will not be in this year’s running.“After five amazing years we’ve decided to pass the baton over to the Great British public and we’re not going for Christmas number one this year,” Mark told Metro.“We never expected it to be five, I’ll be totally honest. It’s one of those things that just happened over the years and we thought it was amazing that the public got behind us in the way that they did.
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Jurors in the trial of Lawrence Jones, who denies two charges of rape, have been urged to ‘not make assumptions’. The 55-year-old, former founder of tech company UK Fast is alleged to have 'stupefied' two young women with unknown drugs before raping them on separate occasions at a flat in Salford in the early 1990s.