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John Ferguson

Cancer victim accuses Scots tycoon of leaving him relying on food banks after company folds

One of Scotland’s richest men has been accused of leaving a cancer victim relying on a food bank after his fish processing plant was plunged into administration.

Dad-of-two Graham MacPherson, who has been fighting leukaemia, is among 200 workers facing financial ruin after aristocrat Alastair Salvesen’s Dawnfresh factory in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, was folded.

Salvesen, who had an estimated wealth of £1billion in 2015, is in majority control of the company and accounts show senior management have taken home over £6million since 2017 despite claiming significant losses.

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