Noel Corry, 56, senior engineer for the British company, took bribes in exchange for helping favored companies win lucrative contracts from 2004 until his dismissal in 2013. Mr. Corry, from Lymm in Cheshire, provided the Boulting Group – now called WABGS Ltd – Tritec Systems, and Electron Systems with confidential and sensitive information that gave them an edge over competitors when bidding on contracts. READ MORE:The cord is in place as the ambulance lands at the scene of the crash. At Southwark Crown Court on Thursday, he was sentenced to 20 months suspended imprisonment. His associates, which included a manager from Manchester and a manager, were sentenced to 12 months suspended. All three have been ordered to work 200 hours without pay and the companies themselves have been fined between .000 70,000 and .000 500,000 for failing to prevent bribery. Peter Kinsella from Woodsend Road, Manchester, who worked as a contract manager at Boulting (Image: Metropolitan Police) Corey was forced to sell his family home and hand over his retirement savings to pay 1, 1.7 million to Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd when his nine-year plan was discovered. The court had previously heard that Corey had been bribed through payments for “fake” contracts to Coca-Cola Enterprises, which had never been operated, or that the company had paid more than the amount charged for actual work and received the difference, they said. the prosecutors. . Prosecutors said Corry would be bribed in the form of fraudulent payments to a family-owned shell company, Trojan Ltd, his sister-in-law Alpha Windows, or Axial Partnership Ltd, a company he owned. a partner. He also received hundreds of thousands of pounds in sponsorship or other payments to Droylsden FC, a football team also run by his brother-in-law and of which he was president. Read more related articles Read more related articles Corry will also arrange expensive entertainment events through sports events corporation Sports Management UK Ltd, including a payment of over .000 11,000 for Manchester United season tickets, which would then be paid for by the companies he favored. By the time he was discovered and fired, Corey had received at least 9 950,000 from Boulting, while Tritec Systems and Electron Systems had paid more than 600 600,000 in bribes, according to the court. Boulting, which reportedly gained 13 13 million, was fined .000 500,000, while the other two companies were forced to pay 70 70,000. Corey pleaded guilty to five counts of corruption. Kinsella, from Manchester Woodsend Road, who worked as a contract manager at Boulting, was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for 21 months and 200 hours of unpaid work after pleading guilty to three counts of corruption and three counts of bribery. . Gary Haines, 61, director of Tritec Systems, Pell Wall, Market Drayton, Shropshire, was sentenced to 20 months, 21 months suspended and 200 hours of unpaid work after pleading guilty to corruption. Gary Haines, Director of Tritec Systems (Image: Metropolitan Police) WABGS Ltd (formerly known as Boulting Group Ltd) of Chapel Road, Warrington, was fined .000 500,000 after pleading guilty to one count of failing to prevent bribery. Tritec Systems Ltd, from London Road, Basingstoke, was fined .000 70,000 after pleading guilty to one count of corruption and one count of failure to prevent bribery. Electron Systems Ltd, from Chester Le Street, Durham, was fined .000 70,000 after pleading guilty to one count of corruption and one count of failure to prevent bribery. Each company was also ordered to pay 10 10,000 in costs with each individual paying 000 5,000 in costs. CPS Alistair Dickson said: “Corry had established a corrupt procurement culture by awarding contracts to those companies whose executives were willing to bribe him for it. “Coca Cola Enterprises was completely unaware of Corry’s corrupt practices in order to get rich. The contracting companies should have taken compliance measures that would have prevented payments and led to the detection of corruption.” Detective Superintendent John Roh, of the Metropolitan Police, said: “Corey, Haynes and Kinsella worked hard to present themselves as credible, credible and genuine businessmen, but in reality it was just the opposite. “Corry’s role was a role of power; he was the head of Coca Cola Enterprises UK and although he did not make the final decision on competitive tenders, his opinion had a significant impact on both the project managers and the procurement team. “This is the first time the Met has blamed and condemned a company for failing to prevent bribery and sending a strong message to people out there seeking to make a profit for their business.” Read more related articles Read more related articles
