The 51 year old failed to pay more than £100,000 to St Edmund’s College and Prep School
Author: Grace McGachyPublished 57 minutes ago
A Hertfordshire man has been jailed after illegally transferring over £100,000 to family and friends instead of paying off school fee debt.
51 year old Gareth Sowter, from Great Amwell, was declared bankrupt in 2021 due to failure to pay more than £100,000 to St Edmund’s College and Prep School for his three sons.
Despite promising to settle these debts using a £208,000 inheritance, Sowter diverted £109,166 of the funds to other individuals, breaching insolvency laws.
His former partner, Kim Sowter, 46, received £50,000 from Gareth and used some of it for family holidays during her own bankruptcy…