Silly boy, why didn’t he just ask his family to help him, or simply apply for a legit loan? :you_crazy
The festival itself continued and has been successful, and hardly as if a viscount’s son in a 70k job is going to be turned down for credit FFS :you_crazy just goes to show that inherited wealth doesn’t mean someones actually any good at business…
A viscount’s son has been jailed for 30 months for using his company credit card to defraud Tesco out of £355,000.
Alexander Trenchard, 32, the eldest son of Viscount Trenchard, admitted theft and fraud by false representation.
While in the £70,000-a-year post of corporate affairs manager he used the card to pay off debts incurred by a musical festival at the family seat, Standon Lordship in Hertfordshire.
He had become “obsessed” with the event, Aylesbury Crown Court heard.
The annual summer festival at Standon Lordship, near Ware, had grown in 10 years from Trenchard’s garden birthday party to “Standon Calling”, attended by people from across the UK.
BBC News – Viscount Trenchard’s son jailed for Tesco fraud
