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Ex-Leeds Director Simon Morris on blackmail charge Dec 8, 2009 15:42:14 GMT

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Yorkshire Post - Ex-Leeds Utd director Simon Morris on blackmail charge

Date: 08 December 2009
FORMER Leeds United director Simon Morris has been charged with conspiracy to blackmail.
Bankrupt property tycoon Morris, 32, and a 49-year-old man from Cheshire were arrested and bailed in October as part of an investigation into fraud and money laundering.

Both men have now been charged with conspiracy to blackmail along with possession of a firearm and possession of an offensive weapon.

They were charged after reporting to a Leeds police station on Sunday evening and are due to appear at the city's Magistrates' Court on December 15.

A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: "A 49-year-old man from Hyde, Cheshire, has been charged with conspiracy to blackmail, possession of a Section 5 firearm and possession of an offensive weapon.

"A 32-year-old man from Leeds has been charged with conspiracy to blackmail."

Morris was a director at Leeds United from 2004 until 2005 when the club was taken over by its current chairman Ken Bates

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Ex-Leeds Director Simon Morris on blackmail charge Dec 15, 2009 14:17:25 GMT

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FORMER Leeds United director Simon Morris appeared in court today charged with conspiracy to blackmail a man over an alleged £100,000 debt.
Morris, 32, appeared before magistrates in Leeds following a long-running West Yorkshire Police investigation.

He is jointly charged with Jonathan Mark Ashworth, 49, who is also accused of possessing a firearm and an offensive weapon.

Ashworth, of Kestrel Close, Hyde, Cheshire, did not appear in court as he is recovering from an operation and has contracted MRSA.

Morris, of Ling Lane, Scarcroft, near Leeds, was granted conditional bail. Both men are due to appear at the same court on January 4 when the case is expected to be sent to crown court.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/leeds/ExLeeds-director-Simon-Morris-in.5912791.jp

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