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Runaway Licence scammer extradited from Ireland
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Words: Mike Jewett STEPHEN O'SULLIVAN, who fled the country last year before a jury convicted him of a scam in which licences and 0-licence discs were rented out, has been extradited from the Republic of Ireland following his arrest there. UK authorities will attempt to recover the proceeds of his crimes.
O'Sullivan, of Drayton Parslow, Bucks, left Great Britain before a jury at Luton Crown Court convicted him and hauliers Anthony Pumell and William Robertson of conspiring together, and with others, to: defraud the Traffic Commissioners and their staff; conspiring to defraud people who had paid money for having their vehicles unlawfully specified on 0-licences belonging to another licence holder: and conspiring to allow 0-licences to be used by persons not holding 0-licences (CM 30 April 2009).
O'Sullivan was also convicted on three counts of money laundering. He was sentenced to six-anda-half years' imprisonment in his absence. Luton Crown Court had heard that O'Sullivan's estimated criminal proceeds were in the region of £2m during a fiveyear period.
Last Friday (18 June), O'Sullivan was brought before Judge Bright after losing his appeal against extradition in the Dublin High Court. Judge Bright was told that there had been considerable costs to the public purse as the extradition proceedings had been contested and then appealed.
He told O'Sullivan that the courts take a very serious view of people who run off before a jury returns a verdict.
Adjourning the proceedings until October. Judge Bright said that he would deal with the confiscation of realisable assets under the Proceeds of Crime Act and the hearing of the failing to surrender to bail matter at the same time.