tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post1159422936443983140..comments2023-11-08T06:40:36.804+00:00Comments on investdrinks (blog): Nouveau World Wines/Finbow Wines: breaking news – Daniel Snelling jailed 7.5 years, Rebecca McDonald: 3 years Jim's Loirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-70308469328420308342015-05-21T18:26:59.917+01:002015-05-21T18:26:59.917+01:00Mr Gilchrist. Many thanks for your update on Snell...Mr Gilchrist. Many thanks for your update on Snelling's recent court appearance. Rather than post this as a comment I will do a separate post.Jim's Loirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-85871646483290758802014-07-11T20:22:57.395+01:002014-07-11T20:22:57.395+01:00Jim, do you know if there are plans for the invest...Jim, do you know if there are plans for the investors to be compensated in any way. Are Rebecca and her cousins going to be forced to sell their assets. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-83679533059234731192014-07-06T03:19:42.109+01:002014-07-06T03:19:42.109+01:00Her sentence was reduced in early November 2013 to...Her sentence was reduced in early November 2013 to 2 years and six months. Jim's Loirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-49992612630909124712014-07-05T23:58:58.542+01:002014-07-05T23:58:58.542+01:00I have heard Rebbeca has now been released after a...I have heard Rebbeca has now been released after a meagre ten months, how is that possibly justice for all those poor people she conned out of their life savings?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-32310391971337568102013-10-13T13:03:53.523+01:002013-10-13T13:03:53.523+01:00The number of comments on this thread have now rea...The number of comments on this thread have now reached 101. I think this is a good time to call a halt. I will only post any further comments if they contain significant new information. Many thanks to all who have commented.Jim's Loirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-82411231496160349752013-10-12T21:57:01.121+01:002013-10-12T21:57:01.121+01:00I think someone has too much time on their handsI think someone has too much time on their handsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-12451318417905649252013-10-12T21:21:51.868+01:002013-10-12T21:21:51.868+01:00The above comments trying to discredit Becky and t...The above comments trying to discredit Becky and to use the death of her mother to do so, must only come from family members/partners of Daniel and Dina and therefore should be treated with the same disdain as their crimes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-82111968553467674812013-10-12T10:54:40.191+01:002013-10-12T10:54:40.191+01:00Welll said fair commentWelll said fair commentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-78735308508808178412013-10-12T09:33:32.765+01:002013-10-12T09:33:32.765+01:00At last, someone who knows what they are talking a...At last, someone who knows what they are talking about...very well said, totally agree with all of the above Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-41015096374298371302013-10-12T09:02:26.992+01:002013-10-12T09:02:26.992+01:00Anon: Thank God for your comments!! Sadly her fin...Anon: Thank God for your comments!! Sadly her final deception was that she has misrepresented the true facts to her family. She is a complete and utter rotten fraudster! just like the gets of the family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-58084033821714604612013-10-11T21:34:07.659+01:002013-10-11T21:34:07.659+01:00I am sick of reading about how Becky is such an in...I am sick of reading about how Becky is such an innocent lovely person. She has managed to hoodwink you all. She does have a spiteful side to her, ask her about the cruel things she has said and done to her aunts, especially around the time of her mother's death. Ask her about the paperwork that has her handwriting on it, saying who are receiving funds from the business, she knew that was going on. Ask her about the papers that she had written on saying Becky's bonus'. Ask to see her credit card statement for her holiday in South Africa over Christmas, which was before she left there, which everybody knew she had paid for from her bonus, the card was probably paid off in full from her bonus! Ask her if she had permission to put petrol in her car and buy lunches for staff, because she didn't; she was an employee. That is then classed as theft. Any other employee doing that might face dismissal! Ask her if she had a regular personal trainer paid for by the business, did she go on regular nights out that she knew were paid for from the business. Finally, ask her if she didn't know what was going on, why did she do a spreadsheet to show the comings and going of money through the company and not show it to the police until she heard the others had been arrested and was frightened for herself. As the judge said, even if she wasn't involved in the fraud part of the <br />business, she knew what was going on and only owned up when she thought it would help her to get off! She should have spoken earlier, it is still a crime to knowingly take part in fraud! That's what she did, like it or not, there's no mistaking that. Even the jury saw that!<br /><br />11 October 2013 21:15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-8653657375131412672013-10-10T22:01:27.449+01:002013-10-10T22:01:27.449+01:00I was sorry that I could not be in court but unfor...I was sorry that I could not be in court but unfortunately it is impossible to be in two places at the same time. I always spend three weeks, a month or more in the Loire Valley in September and October following the vintage. I'm here now and this is a top priority.Jim's Loirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-58680389297121175082013-10-10T20:35:13.158+01:002013-10-10T20:35:13.158+01:00Shame you wasn't in court yesterday Jim, to re...Shame you wasn't in court yesterday Jim, to report on Dina Snelling's sentencing. Here is a brief report from The Mail<br /><br />The crooked businesswoman who dressed impeccably in tailored suits throughout her trial was unrecognisable yesterday from her smiling and tanned profile picture on Twitter.<br /><br /><br />In a series of revealing posts last year, she wrote of her 'shoe addiction' and love of wine and 'cocktails in town', saying: 'Retail therapy will always make me smile'.<br /><br />But yesterday Snelling appeared in the dock make-up free, wearing a baggy grey dress, black leggings and flat black pumps.<br /><br />The defendant, who has been diagnosed with a depressive disorder and anxiety, wept as she was jailed.<br /><br />Sentencing Dina Snelling to a total of three years and 11 months in prison, Judge Michael Grieve said: 'These were highly sophisticated frauds over a very substantial period of time, a total of two-and-half years.<br />'Nouveau investors for the most part lost the whole of their investment, none certainly had any return.<br />'The victims were individuals and in many instances elderly retired persons looking for a better return on their modest savings.<br /><br />'They were not for the most part seasoned investors and the conspiracy relied on slick sales techniques.<br /><br />'There were a large number of victims, no figure has been put on it but over the time frame of both frauds it clearly ran into hundreds.' <br /><br />Judge Grieve added: 'You personally benefited through the payment of your rent in Australia, your removal costs when you went to live in Australia, and some £10,000 to fund your cosmetic surgery.'<br />They also reported<br />The strain of the case had led to her parents separating and being left penniless and homeless as a result of having to support their children, he added."<br />Shame about the parents although it isn't the first time they have separated.<br />Well she will be enjoying the pleasure of HMP Holloway now .I wonder how she will cope with that.<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-23788706572368202762013-10-09T22:57:11.950+01:002013-10-09T22:57:11.950+01:00Dina was convicted of two counts not three. The sa...Dina was convicted of two counts not three. The same two counts that Rebecca was charged with. Rebecca was just fortunate enough to get a hung jury on count one and should be thanking her lucky stars she's not facing trial on it again when other trials take place next year. Get a gripAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-18240372560545417172013-10-09T20:51:04.661+01:002013-10-09T20:51:04.661+01:00Hi Jim
Did you know Dina Snelling was in Court to...Hi Jim<br /><br />Did you know Dina Snelling was in Court today for sentencing she got 3 years 11 months FOR 3 SEPARATE COUNTS OF CHARGES considering the financial gain and cosmetic surgery and lets not forget all the luxury holidays both her and her other family members had to Dubai and Australia makes this utterly appalling when my poor sister-in-Law Rebecca McDonald who had no financial gain and only got her salary ended up with a sentence of 3 years. I think this is an absolute disgrace as she deserved to get alot more than this for the crime she and her brother knowingly committed !!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-89886888300254169602013-09-20T09:28:55.861+01:002013-09-20T09:28:55.861+01:00That Rebecca received some 50 letters and 40 email...That Rebecca received some 50 letters and 40 emails in her first week at Holloway says it all. And this is just the start!!<br /><br />I wonder how many emails/letters of support Daniel received.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-76536573071708855242013-09-19T16:18:39.993+01:002013-09-19T16:18:39.993+01:00I number of persons were not charged over this cas...I number of persons were not charged over this case and it will be interesting to see if Daniel Snelling will be able to stratify a High Court Judge in his Statement of Affairs of what he has done with the cash? If cash has been deverted to other persons other than messa Daniel Snelling. How will Daniel be able to account for the cash? It would be interesting to see if Micky Snelling helps his boy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-4879016978536488902013-09-19T15:16:40.776+01:002013-09-19T15:16:40.776+01:00Thank you for asking. But rest assured that there ...Thank you for asking. But rest assured that there is plenty of activity under way that will ultimately prove Rebecca's innocence. By the way, are you one of these 'Internet Trolls' that we read about in the papers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-65861695056076619542013-09-18T10:52:22.902+01:002013-09-18T10:52:22.902+01:00I think that is wishful thinking on your part, its...I think that is wishful thinking on your part, its not a fan club an innocent women is in prison and small minded people like you dont care who is hanged as long as someone isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-21539087752330165052013-09-18T10:45:57.960+01:002013-09-18T10:45:57.960+01:00Well you quite obviously don't know any of us ...Well you quite obviously don't know any of us - so how on earth would you know what we have been up to??????????????? Can't YOU find something more productive to do with your life than post uninformed comments on here..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-33624387518259143172013-09-18T09:39:29.839+01:002013-09-18T09:39:29.839+01:00I notice that after just one week the Rebecca fan ...I notice that after just one week the Rebecca fan club seems to have disbanded ? No online petitions , no demonstrations , no rant at the local MP - instead complete and utter silence which speaks volumes!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-43862158629177270192013-09-16T10:53:38.095+01:002013-09-16T10:53:38.095+01:00Coming back to Compensation Orders. Has Daniel Sn...Coming back to Compensation Orders. Has Daniel Snelling passed any of the loot to other parties which have not been charged? If so are they prepared to come forward with the loot to get Daniel out of Jail by clearing the compensation Order after he has served his jail sentence? And I am not talking about Simon Dempsey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-72334651046001986192013-09-13T22:42:36.582+01:002013-09-13T22:42:36.582+01:00It very much sounds like there was only one employ...It very much sounds like there was only one employee paying taxes!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-12577726504043711492013-09-13T22:37:17.806+01:002013-09-13T22:37:17.806+01:00Clearly they were permitted to discuss the case am...Clearly they were permitted to discuss the case amongst themselves. As far as I could see there was little contact between Rebecca McDonald and the other the defendants. In any case all four were out of bail so had the judge wished to stop them discussing the case bail would have to have been revoked – academic anyway!<br /><br />Sorry I don't understand the basis of your second question.Jim's Loirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-11166716251584255012013-09-13T22:28:00.110+01:002013-09-13T22:28:00.110+01:00Thank you both for the clarity in response to my p...Thank you both for the clarity in response to my poorly worded question. A better way of presenting this scenario would have been to ask if these three defendants were permitted to discuss the details of this case between them?<br /><br />Also, how did the jury determine that Simon had dismissed his Barristers before court was aware?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com