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Former lieutenant colonel is ordered to pay back almost £100k or face 18 months in prison otherwise afforded.


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AformerArmyofficerfrom . Whalley who defrauded tax­ payers ofnearly £250,000to


. eduMtehischildceoatatop ' RibbleValleyprivateschool ‘


has been ordered to pay back lessthanhalf.


Former Lieutenant Colonel Robert Henry Jolleys (54), of Woodlands Park, Whalley, claimed £232,000 to send ' his three sons to the exclu­


sive £28,ooo-a-year Roman Catholic Stonyhurst College in Hurst Green.


He wasjailed for 12 months in March last year by a judge


at Swindon Crown Court who told him he had committed a “serious, substantial fraud” over five years between 2004 and20og.


:. . The father of three, who has since been released from prison, returned to the same court for a confiscation hear: ing under.the Proceeds of Crime Act. ‘


.. - Judge Peter Biair QC ruled ,


a that, Jolleys had six months ifeto repay £98,953.02 or face 18 months’ imprisonment.. T h e f ra u d t o ta l le d


£232,143.28 - a figure Jolleys was not contesting - but he was.disputing the value put on his assets, with the Crown insisting he was worth near­ ly £100,000 and the former so ld ier claiming he had £77,596.77. . Mr Alex Menary (repre­


senting Jolleys), said the dif­ ference was the defendant’s 12.5% share in his elderly fa­


ther’s house, which he and his three siblings had inherited equally when their mother -


: who owned half-diedin20io. The court heard that Jol­


leys’ father was now go and. suffering from a range of med­ ical problems, which required regular hospital attention.“ ' ' t “My father is frail and h'eis


in and out of hospital,"Jolleys told the court. Heissupported by my sister and other family


.members. He would find it very difficult to live on his own and requires.day-to-day support to take medication andvisithospital.” - Jolleys also said that his


fraud conviction had made it difficult to find employment. “I ,s t i l l look a fte r the


youngest under. age child, plus care for my father and ’ the kidney disease I left the Army with... cumulatively


.th e y all impact upon the ability to work,” he said. During his trial last year,


Jolleys, who is known, as Henry, kept up the elaborate charade by. maintaining to his superiors that he was still


married and that his wife Judith lived with him in his Army quarters when in fact they had separated; Hisruse was onfyrumbled


when his now ex-wife rang his superior officer in the


. summer of 2009 and asked' “Where’s Henry?”, sparking an investigation. , Jurors heard that Jolleys


sent sons Rupert; now 24; Charles (22), and William (17) to Stonyhurst-motto Quant Je Puis (As much as I can) - using the Army’s continuing educa­ tion allowance (CEA). This allows service per­


sonnel to send their children to boarding school to prevent disruption to their schooling causedbypostingsaroundthe UK and abroad. Jolleys used the “eye-wa­


tering” sums of money- total­ ling £188,060.11 - to provide a privileged education for five years that he could not have


- ■> He told the trialjury that he


knewtheArmy’s “broadrules” but maintained that he and his - wife had.not separated when .. he was posted fi-om London to’ North Yorkshire in 2002. Jolleys, who had retired,:


from the Army before the legal proceedings, was. convicted of three charges of obtaining - a money transfer by deCep- . - tion, three charges of fraud and one charge of the forgery. of his ex-wife's signature on a ■ ' bank form.


"• According to the Ministry '


of Defence, the CEA is avail­ able to all ranks, not just of-"' ficers. Service personnel can


claim upto £6,074 per child per term, but must pay at least 10% of the school fees them­ selves.


, The confiscated money


will be used to compensate theArmy.


Former Lieutenant Colonel Robert Jolleys.


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Hospital, which looksafter patientswith learning dif­ ficulties, has been strongly criticised by inspectors from the Care Quality Commis­ sion.


Calderstones NHS Trust has been told it must take urgent action to address serious de­ ficiencies in its care of vul­ nerable people.


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tion plan to tackle the issues raised. Inspectors visited the


hospital In July and although they found staff delivering care in a kind and compas­ sionate manner, they felt


.the trust failed to maintain cleanliness and hygiene on thewards,problems withlev- els of staffing on some wards were noted as well as poor medicines management, the frequency with which pa­ tients were restrained, and a


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the use of the Mental Health Act.


The government inspec­


tors reported: “Some of the wards and seclusion rooms that inspectors visited were dirty or very uns afe. “On more than one quar­


ter of occasions when physi­ cal restraint was used in the six months prior to the in­


spection, thepatientwasheld on the floor in a


face-down posi­ tion.”


The report


also stated: “The trust must also ensure that it adheres to best practice for food labelling, monitoring of fridge temperatures and the maintenance of equipment.” Calderstones chief exec­ utive, Mr Mark Hindle, said


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.have committed crimes that put themselves and other people in danger. We accept the inspectors’ concerns about cleanli­ ness and other issues. Whilst some parts o f the Trust show areas o f good practice, there


are others where standards fell seriously below expec­ tations. We’ve ensured re­ source, time, money and expertise are in place to ad­ dress these shortcomings and many have already been put right. “In some cases, wards


which the report referred to are being closed in the next few weeks. We have em­ ployed additional staff and plan to take on more over the coming months as we agree funding with commission­ ers.


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There was a celebratory atmosphere to mark a Clitheroe woman’s 102nd birthday. Clitheroe Town Mayor Coun. Valerie Cooper and staff at The Clitheroe Residential Home


joined together to celebrate resident Winifred Tomlinson’s 102nd birthday. Winifred used to be a teacher and has also run her own corner shop in Barnoldswick. She re­


tired when she was 70 years old and has always been a very independent and active lady who still continues to make her own hand-crafted cards.


Winifred eqjoyed a buffet lunch with friends and Coun. Cooper. She thanked everyone for - their beautiful cards and gift.


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