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Bradley Trevor Silver, also known as Bradley Silva, has been disqualified from acting as a director for 14 years, beginning 2 November.

In the days prior to the disqualification hearing, the Insolvency Service’s lawyers were contacted by “Adam Solomans”, who claimed to be a friend of Silver’s, informing them that Silver had committed suicide. However, “Adam Solomans”’ name and signature both featured on a cheque paid into 24/7 London’s bank account which had bounced. In addition he appeared to have shared a mobile telephone number with Silver – who he insisted had died in a car crash – and he stopped responding to emails.

In her Judgement, Registrar Derrett said that she did not accept that Mr Silver had died, and that, in all probability Mr Silver and Mr Solomans were one and the same.

Silver was the sole director of 24/7 London, a sham company wound up in the Public Interest by the Insolvency Service in September 2016. His company contacted various editing and production with forged documents claiming it had worked on contracts on a number of TV shows including Big Brother, Britain’s Got Talent, X-Factor, and The Only Way is Essex.

He also approached a number of banks and credit institutions seeking credit on the back of fictional accounts, and also using forged documents and invoices.

Silver even filed fictitious accounts on behalf of 24/7 London, claiming turnover of £4.7 billion and assets of £2.4 billion, stated to have been audited by Deloitte LLP. Insolvency Service investigators found that Deloitte LLP had not in fact audited the accounts, which in any event contained basic errors. This included presenting numbers in billions, as Silver had headed columns “£’000” by accident, unwittingly inflating figures by a factor of 1,000.

Commenting on the disqualification, Cheryl Lambert, Chief Investigator at the Insolvency Service, said:

This is one of the more bizarre cases of dishonesty and misuse of Limited Liability I have ever come across.

That Mr Silver appears to have tried to fake his own death through suicide in order to avoid disqualification is disgraceful. Directors should be aware that the Insolvency Service will not shy away from confronting dishonesty and removing these people from the marketplace.

Notes to editors

Bradley Trevor Silver, (also known as Bradley Silva), date of birth, March 1968, was registered with Companies House as the sole director of 24/7 London at all times. He was disqualified from acting as a director or being concerned in the promotion, formation or management of a company for a period of 14 years on 11 October 2017. The period of disqualification will commence on 2 November 2017.

24/7 London (GRP) Ltd (Company Registration No. 08225516) was incorporated on 24 September 2012.

24/7 London was wound up in the Public Interest pursuant to an order made on 6 September 2016 under section 124A of the Insolvency Act 1986, on the petition of the Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills (as was) and following an investigation by Company Investigations, part of the Insolvency Service.

At the time of its liquidation, 24/7 London’s Registered Office address was Suite 157 Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, London W1J 6BD, being a virtual office facility provider.

24/7 London’s only known debts in liquidation relate to a bank overdraft of £15,705.

Silver was also ordered to pay the Secretary of State’s costs of £6,721.74.

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A violent offender who killed a 5 year old boy has had his sentence increased by 3 years after representation at the Court of Appeal by the Solicitor General.

Marvyn Iheanacho, 39, was convicted on 21 July 2017 at Woolwich Crown Court of the murder of his stepson Alex Malcolm. The Court originally sentenced him to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 18 years. Today, this unduly lenient sentence was increased to a minimum term of 21 years.

Iheanacho had beaten the little boy unconscious after the child left one of his shoes in the playground in Mountsfield Park, south London. The offender failed to seek medical help for Alex and then sought to prevent Alex’s mother calling an ambulance. He later lied to medical staff about how the serious brain and abdominal injuries had been caused.

Robert Buckland QC MP, the Solicitor General presented the case to the Court of Appeal and is pleased with the result:

The unspeakable violence that this young boy was subject to is truly appalling. Iheanacho then deliberately withheld medical care from the 5 year old and consistently lied to everyone about how the injuries were caused. As a result, a vulnerable little boy was murdered by someone in a position of trust. I hope the increased sentence gives some comfort to Alex Malcolm’s family.

Drivers are to benefit from smoother journeys along a 1½ mile section of the A66 between North Stainmore and Brough in Cumbria – thanks to an £800,000 Highways England resurfacing project.

The overnight work to resurface the westbound carriageway between Hardhills and Augill junctions, will start on Monday (23 October) and is scheduled to take about a month.

Highways England project manager Nichola Capstick said:

We’ll be partially reconstructing sections of the foundation of the road and then resurfacing both lanes of the westbound carriageway. Studs and road markings will also be renewed.

While most of the work will be done using single lane closures we will need to close the westbound carriageway overnight at weekends to do the reconstruction work safely. Clearly-signed diversions will be in place.

Drivers are being advised that full westbound carriageway closures will be in place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights between 8pm and 6am each night otherwise single lane closures will be used with a 40mph speed limit operating around the clock.

When the westbound carriageway is closed drivers will need to use the A1 and A69 to get to the M6.

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