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for her two young children if she passed away. In declarations made in February, Hathaway, along with two other former colleagues Anthony Downs and Dean Stogsdill, claimed their former boss Kirby was responsible for the frauds. Pensions investigator Angela Brooks told the Olive Press the case would set a major ‘precedent’ across Europe. “It’s a disgrace that it’s taken a Spanish lawyer in Spain and a Spanish criminal judge to recognise the wickedness of actions taken by all parties concerned. The scale of this case has made the courts sit up and take notice.”

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