Charity theft case
Former union leader Neil Greatrex, who was found guilty of stealing £150,000 from a miner's charity has been sent to prison for four years
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Charity theft case
A former union leader accused of stealing £150,000 from a charity has said in court that he signed cheques without seeing invoices.
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Judge summing up in charity "theft" case
The judge in the trial of two union leaders accused of stealing money from a miners' charity to fund improvements at their own houses has begun summing up the case to the jury.
The former President of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers Neil Greatrex & the current UDM general secretary Mick Stevens are charged with stealing £148,000 from the Nottinghamshire Miners' charity, of which both men were trustees.
Both men deny 14 counts of theft.
The trial continues.
Charity theft case
A former union leader accused of stealing £150,000 from a charity has said in court that he signed cheques without seeing invoices.
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Greatrex appears in court - full report
Full report by Phil Brewster from the latest from the Miners' Union Charity Theft trial.
Latest court report from the miners' charity theft trial
Former president of the UDM giving evidence in his defence
The former president of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers who is accused of stealing from a miners' charity has taken to the witness stand.
Neil Greatrex is giving evidence in his defence. The former general secretary of the union Mick Stevens, is due to give evidence later. Both men deny theft.
Two former union leaders appear in court
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The former president and general secretary of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers are accused of stealing from a miners' charity.
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Prosecution to outline case in charity theft trial
The trial of two former union leaders accused of stealing adjourned
The trial of two former union leaders accused of stealing £150,000 from a charity has been adjourned.
Neil Greatrex, the former president of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers, and Mick Stevens, general secretary of theUunion's Nottinghamshire branch, both deny 14 charges of theft.
The trial will start at Nottingham Crown Court tomorrow.
Accused of stealing £150,000
Neil Greatrex and Mick Stevens both deny 14 charges of theft from a charity set up to look after sick and elderly ex-miners.
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