Paul Di'Anno - Benefit Cheat, Sent To Jail
Original story:
Paul Di'Anno, best known for singing on the first two Iron Maiden albums and milking them dry for the last thirty years, has reportedly admitted in court to have falsely claimed a total of £45,000 (53,000?, $72,000) from the British tax-payers money.
He was arrested last year and charged with fraud. In court on the 10th of February 2011, he was told to prepare for a jail sentence after admitting eight counts of benefit fraud. The hearing has been adjourned until March the 11th 2011 for a pre-sentence report, and has bail in the meantime.
For the period between 2002 and 2008, he claimed he had nerve damage in his back, which disabled him from being able to work. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had an anonymous tip-off, and caught Paul out with a YouTube video of him apparently jumping around stage in 2006.
...I'm running free yeah, I'm running free...
UPDATE
Paul has been sent to jail and will serve at least four and a half months before being released on conditional bail.
While sentencing, Jane Miller QC said "Your public persona is not relevant. Your greed has cost this country a lot of money. The claims were for a long time and for a large cost. It must be a custodial sentence."
A confiscation hearing to settle payments the rocker owes to the Department of Work and Pensions will be heard at the court on June 4th 2011.
Paul Di'Anno, best known for singing on the first two Iron Maiden albums and milking them dry for the last thirty years, has reportedly admitted in court to have falsely claimed a total of £45,000 (53,000?, $72,000) from the British tax-payers money.
He was arrested last year and charged with fraud. In court on the 10th of February 2011, he was told to prepare for a jail sentence after admitting eight counts of benefit fraud. The hearing has been adjourned until March the 11th 2011 for a pre-sentence report, and has bail in the meantime.
For the period between 2002 and 2008, he claimed he had nerve damage in his back, which disabled him from being able to work. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had an anonymous tip-off, and caught Paul out with a YouTube video of him apparently jumping around stage in 2006.
...I'm running free yeah, I'm running free...
UPDATE
Paul has been sent to jail and will serve at least four and a half months before being released on conditional bail.
While sentencing, Jane Miller QC said "Your public persona is not relevant. Your greed has cost this country a lot of money. The claims were for a long time and for a large cost. It must be a custodial sentence."
A confiscation hearing to settle payments the rocker owes to the Department of Work and Pensions will be heard at the court on June 4th 2011.
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| Susan Smeghead Posts: 6941 From: USA  |
Hahahaha! Duuuuude 
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| LeChron James Helvetesfossen Posts: 3561 From: USA  |
HAHAHAHHAHA "YOUR PERSONAL PERSONA IS NOT RELEVANT. GOOD DAY SIR." that's what you get DiAnno, fuckin leech.
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| Dark Blood The Avenger Posts: 1435 From: Portugal  |
4 months? lol He's gonna come out and do the same shit...
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| RavenKing Posts: 1941 From: Canada  |
As lame as what Paul did is, comments saying "let's hope he will be fucked in jail" are even more lame. Very bad taste.
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 From: UK  |
Written by Symmachus on 13.03.2011 at 06:03 As I mentioned earlier, many people do not even get that sentence, or even any sentence, for even more serious crimes. The UK has a really appalling re-offending rate, and many burglaries, assaults, and murders are committed by people given early release, or who were let off from previous crimes. On many ocassions, a person will have racked up a catalogue of arrests, and previous convictions before being given any kind of custodial sentence. There is no deterrant, or fear of any real consequences for criminals. And people wonder why our society is going down the drain. *sighs* Oh, and I agree with Ravenking. There are people who commit utterly vile acts who do not even get a prison sentence, they are more deserving of the type of treatment everyone is wishing on Paul. Though of course, Paul was an idiot for doing what he did, and it's correct that he is paying the price for that.
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| RavenKing Posts: 1941 From: Canada |
Written by Irritable Ted on 13.03.2011 at 13:58 If you want to play the "poor Maiden, they've been fucked by Paul Di'Anno for years" card, you're not talking to the right person. Maiden themselves have been fucking their fans for years by releasing crappy albums, live after live to death containing mostly the same songs and compilation after compilation containing the same songs, not to mention tons and tons of useless merchandise. It is almost stealing money from hard working people who try to catch up with their releases. If you want to speak of bad taste, I could talk of Maiden for a while. I totally agree that Paul stole money from honest people and it's not right at all so he has a debt towards society but please spare me the part about Iron Maiden. I will surely not pity them. I pity those who are still fans of such a greedy band who milk their fans to no end.
---- They shake your hand and they smile and they buy you a drink They say we'll be your friends we'll stick with you till the end But everybody's only looking out for themselves And you say who can you trust I'll tell you nobody
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| RavenKing Posts: 1941 From: Canada |
Written by Irritable Ted on 13.03.2011 at 19:31 I don't listen to metal bands I don't like. I can check a few songs but that's all. Do you believe I will buy albums from those bands? No. I like many metal bands. However, most of them don't even have a thread dedicated to them on this board. And nearly half the bands I'm listening to are not active anymore. Also, if you don't like my comments, all you need is to use the ignore function. I have nothing to do with your complaints. Sorry if some people don't like every crap released on the market, only because it is labeled as Metal.
---- They shake your hand and they smile and they buy you a drink They say we'll be your friends we'll stick with you till the end But everybody's only looking out for themselves And you say who can you trust I'll tell you nobody
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