A teenager's laptop held crucial evidence showing how he helped his "obsessed" dad's strange attempt to swindle a company out of £4million.
Paul Cooke, 58, sobbed in the dock and said "I'm sorry for everything" as a court heard how he got his son, 17-year-old Tom Cooke, to help him forge documents and even scam County Court judges.
The pair carried out "twisted and elaborate" fraud attempts against three different companies, who Paul Cooke believed had wronged him in various ways. His son, Tom Cooke, was not convicted of involvement in the final, most audacious attempt against Birmingham Midshires Financial Services Ltd.