A former head teacher who admitted fraud totalling some £330,000 has been jailed. Alabi Adewale, 59, of Cranmore Crescent, Southmead, appeared before Bristol Crown Court for sentence today. (March 14, 2022)
He pleaded guilty to converting criminal property, by money transfer, totalling £332,015.58 between October 2019 and April 2020. His wife Shade Adewale, 51, of the same address, pleaded guilty to converting criminal property, by money transfer, totalling £114,945.95 between December 17, 2019 and January 4, 2020.
Judge William Hart jailed Alabi Adewale for 39 months and handed his wife an 18 months jail term, suspended for two years, with 100 hours' unpaid work. The judge told Mr Adewale: "You were clearly the prime mover and you drew your wife into it." A hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act, to claw-back ill-gotten gains, was set for September.
