Investment fraudster convicted on all 7 counts

A FRAUDSTER has been found guilty of exploiting seven victims from the same close-knit community to invest £100,000 in his property company.

- By MARTIN NAYLOR

Following a two-week trial at Nottingham Crown Court, a jury took just four hours to unanimously convict Godfrey Egbendip of all seven counts of fraud he faced.

The trial was told how the 59-year-old, of Bestwood, promised monthly paybacks of 10% to 15% to anyone who put money into his firm but then ignored messages from them when they received little or nothing back as he had promised.