Warning For Toon As Three Go To Jail!

Last updated : 20 July 2009 By Footy Mad - Editor

Three men involved in the fraudulent takeover of a former Premier League football club were jailed on Monday.

Jeremy Keith, former chief executive of Derby County Football Club, ex-finance director Andrew Mackenzie and former director of football Murdo Mackay were all handed prison sentences at Northampton Crown Court after it was found that they claimed "secret commission" in the deal.

Keith, 41, of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, was sentenced to 18 months after previously being found guilty of falsifying documents when he and his associates bought the club for just £3 in 2003.

Mackenzie, 55, of Burton Road, Derby, and 53-year-old Mackay, of Fife, Scotland, were each jailed for three years after they were found guilty of fraud.

David Lowe, their legal adviser during the takeover, was convicted of helping to launder £81,895 of the £440,625 the trio tried to claim as a brokerage fee. He was jailed for two years.