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Pimlico, south London. After initially defending her husband's memory, Mrs Maxwell now acknowledges his faults but says he was corrupted by power. Kevin Maxwell, 42, has enjoyed mixed fortunes since the demise of his father's empire in 1991. He was declared Britain's biggest bankrupt in 1992, with pounds 4
evin Maxwell, 36, son of the late media baron Robert Maxwell, was acquitted on Friday - along with his brother Ian, 39, and former company director Larry Trachtenberg - after a trial lasting 131 days. It was alleged the trio had fraudulently used L122m of pensioners' money. The trial is estimated to have cost mor
en it expires in 1997. Yesterday, he said he had always planned to step down at the end of his contract despite the outcome of the Maxwell case. Mr Kevin Maxwell. 36, son of the late media baron Robert Maxwell, was acquitted on Friday - along with his brother Ian, 39, and fonner company director Larry Trachte
Kevin Maxwell. 36, son of the late media baron Robert Maxwell, was acquitted on Friday - along with his brother Ian, 39, and fonner company director Larry Trachtenberg - after a trial lasting 131 days. It was alleged the trio had fraudulently used L122m of pensioners' money. The trial is estimated to have cost mor
lion. Larry Trachtenberg, a former director of the company that handled the Maxwell empire's pension funds, was also charged. Both Trachtenberg and Kevin Maxwell face several additional charges of theft, said John Todd, detective superintendent with the City of London Police. A total of 15 charges have been l
aud Thursday. Ian Maxwell, 36, and Kevin, 33 appeared in a London court. They were released after posting a combined bail in excess of $I million. Larry Trachtenberg, a former director of the company that handled the Maxwell empire's pension funds, was also charged. Both Trachtenberg and Kevin Maxwell face severa
ngs. Afternoons will be used for legal argwnents out of the presense of the jury. The trial is expected to last six months. The prosecution accused Kevin Maxwell of being the most responsible out of the four defendants for the misuse of pension fund assets. He alone faces a charge of conspiracy with his late
belonging to the pension funds as collateral for bank overdrafts to help prop up the Maxwell companies. On trial alongside the Maxwell brothers are Larry Trachtenberg. who was a director of various Maxwell companies, and Robert Bunn, fonner finance director of the main public company in the Maxwell empire. Maxwell
efuge in their new globe-spanning consulting company, Westboume Communications Ltd., which helped companies climb aboard the surging Internet tide. Kevin Maxwell and one of his father's top hands, Larry Trachtenberg, 47, who also was acquitted in the criminal trials, eventually got a major stake in Telemonde
pany, Westboume Communications Ltd., which helped companies climb aboard the surging Internet tide. Kevin Maxwell and one of his father's top hands, Larry Trachtenberg, 47, who also was acquitted in the criminal trials, eventually got a major stake in Telemonde Inc. last year, a global telecommunications company ba
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Ghislaine Maxwell
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Ian Maxwell
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Robert Maxwell
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New York Daily News
ORGANIZATIONthe Serious Fraud Office
ORGANIZATIONTelemonde
ORGANIZATIONthe Canary Islands
LOCATIONTeva Pharmaceuticals
ORGANIZATIONScrivener
PERSONthe Mirror Group
ORGANIZATIONThe Serious Fraud Office
ORGANIZATIONthe Swiss Bank Corp.
ORGANIZATIONCaledonian Newspapers Ltd.
ORGANIZATIONThe Herald (Glasgow
ORGANIZATIONthe Bar Council
ORGANIZATIONScitex Corporation Ltd.
ORGANIZATIONCanWest Global Communications Corp.
ORGANIZATIONthe Swiss Volksbank
ORGANIZATIONGeorge Staple
PERSONNicholas Lyell
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