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Former BHS owner branded 'Premier League liar'

Dominic Chappell - who bought BHS for £1 - was branded a "premier league liar" who had his "fingers in the till" during a hearing of the Commons Business and Pensions Committees today.

However, in his evidence, Mr Chappell chose to focus on the role of Sir Philip in the saga, claiming that the Topshop billionaire blocked a rescue attempt from Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley and tipped BHS into administration.

The chain is set to go into liquidation after administrators failed to find a buyer. All 163 stores will close with 11,000 jobs also expected to be lost.

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Former BHS owner 'made threats to kill', MPs told

The former owner of BHS, Dominic Chappell, "threatened to kill" his former CEO, Darren Topp, MPs have been told.

Mr Topp said the threat came after he questioned the transfer of £1.5m to BHS Sweden.

I got a call from my head of treasury, Harry to say that £1.5m had been removed via a manual transfer to BHS Sweden.

My initial reaction, if I'm honest, was to call the police, because I wasn't aware of this transaction. I rang Dominic and he knew about it straight away, and I said to him 'that's theft'. If I take out all the expletives, he basically said 'do not kick off about this, Darren.'

'I've had enough of you telling me what to do over the last few months. It's my business, I can do what I want. And if you kick off about it I'm going to come down there and kill you'.

– Darren Topp
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