21 July,2016 08:33 AM IST | | PA Sport
Former Premier League footballer Kevin Nolan was an inadvertent middle man in a Christmas hamper con in which West Ham players and staff lost thousands of pounds, a court has heard
Kevin Nolan
Former Premier League footballer Kevin Nolan was an inadvertent "middle man" in a Christmas hamper con in which West Ham players and staff lost thousands of pounds, a court has heard.
Kevin Nolan
The ex-West Ham midfielder told Snaresbrook Crown Court he had been passed the details of a hamper salesman called "Mark Kingston" by a nightclub manager friend of his. The 34-year-old paid £920 for two Harrods hampers and 25 bottles of champagne which he never received.
Stephen Ackerman, 48, is accused of defrauding potential new England manager Sam Allardyce and 12 other former and current West Ham players and staff, including England striker Andy Carroll, out of thousands of pounds by selling them hampers which were never delivered.
