At the height of the mad cow disease scare, from the confines of his prison cell, former “young businessman of the year” Martin Evans came up with an audacious ostrich-meat scam which robbed some pensioners of their life savings.
Before he became a drugs kingpin, smuggling millions of pounds worth of cocaine and ecstasy pills into the UK, Evans set up his bizarre scam with his wife.
It was while he was serving time for a deception conviction, stemming from his years running his double-glazing business, that he dreamt up the scam . During the BSE scare ostrich meat was seen by many as a low-fat and safe alternative to beef and lamb.
He saw it as an opportunity to make money and shortly after his release from prison, he launched an …
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