Image copyright Getty ImagesA gambling addict stole nearly 300,000 from his Grand National-winning jockey father’s business to pay off a debt.
Oliver De Haan took the cash from the coffers of Ben De Haan, who won the Grand National on Corbiere in 1983.
As a result Ben De Haan’s equine business in Lambourn, Berkshire, went into administration, Reading Crown Court heard.
Oliver De Haan, 29, of Upper Bolney Road, Henley-on-Thames, admitted fraud and was jailed for 20 months.
The court heard he had taken the money to pay back an 80,000 gambling debt.
Financial manager role
Sentencing him, judge Emma Nott said he had run the business “into the ground”.
The court heard…
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