Four face Derby fraud charges
2007-11-27 15:03
England - Three former Derby County officials were among four men appearing in court here Tuesday on financial charges connected with a takeover of the English football club in 2003.
Former chief executive Jeremy Keith, ex-finance director Andrew Mackenzie, former director of football Murdo Mackay and businessman Mark Waters were charged by police investigating a takeover of the Pride Park club in 2003 and are accused of conspiring to defraud and conceal criminal property.
Waters is also charged with false accounting.
The quartet were granted unconditional bail during a preliminary hearing at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court on Tuesday and told to reappear at the city's Crown Court on February 14.
Derby, now two points adrift at the bottom of the Premier League, announced on Monday that manager Billy Davies was leaving the club.
- AFP