Fake Earl Jailed for Taking Identity from Dead Baby
Sandra Laville
The Guardian
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Canterbury (UK):
Given a last chance to reveal his true identity at Canterbury crown court yesterday, the bogus peer refused.
He smiled and raised a single eyebrow as Judge Adele Williams jailed him for 21 months for admitting making a false application for a passport. Despite his guilty plea, she said he had shown no remorse for what was "full-scale identity fraud"."Inevitably, someone doesn't assume a false identity unless there is a very good reason, or some very, very deep-seated cause," the judge said.
As he was led to the cells, police said their attempts to uncover his identity were continuing in Israel, South Africa, Germany and Switzerland, where he has lived most recently.
But Detective Constable Dave Sprigg said: "I think he has got some dark secret and I don't think he will ever reveal who he is."The court heard that "the most astonishing, complex and massive lie" began to unravel at 1.30pm on January 15, when the bogus peer was stopped at the port of Calais for a routine passport check while driving a hired car from Switzerland to the UK. The check revealed that his passport had been revoked in 2003, during a trawl which showed that it exactly matched the details of a dead child in the register of births, marriages and deaths.
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Under the name Christopher Edward Buckingham, the fraudster had met his wife to be, Jody, while backpacking in Bavaria in the 1980s. They married in 1984 and had a son and a daughter, aged 16 and 19, who took his name.
He later purloined a title, the Earl of Buckingham, albeit one that had been extinct since 1687.When Kent police searched his car, documents backing up his false identity were discovered; a driving licence in the name of Christopher Edward Buckingham, a car registration document for an MGB, a cheque book and a credit card statement.
Also found was a large quantity of notepaper headed with the heraldic crest of the Duke of Buckingham and the address of his "manor house" at Little Billing, Northamptonshire - which turned out to be a three bedroomed semi.
Nov 09, 2005
Sandra LavilleThe Guardian
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Canterbury (UK):
Given a last chance to reveal his true identity at Canterbury crown court yesterday, the bogus peer refused.
He smiled and raised a single eyebrow as Judge Adele Williams jailed him for 21 months for admitting making a false application for a passport. Despite his guilty plea, she said he had shown no remorse for what was "full-scale identity fraud"."Inevitably, someone doesn't assume a false identity unless there is a very good reason, or some very, very deep-seated cause," the judge said.
As he was led to the cells, police said their attempts to uncover his identity were continuing in Israel, South Africa, Germany and Switzerland, where he has lived most recently.
But Detective Constable Dave Sprigg said: "I think he has got some dark secret and I don't think he will ever reveal who he is."The court heard that "the most astonishing, complex and massive lie" began to unravel at 1.30pm on January 15, when the bogus peer was stopped at the port of Calais for a routine passport check while driving a hired car from Switzerland to the UK. The check revealed that his passport had been revoked in 2003, during a trawl which showed that it exactly matched the details of a dead child in the register of births, marriages and deaths.
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See Also:
Strange case of man who stole dead baby's identity to lead fantasy life
Man of mystery: fake lord stole child’s identity 23 years ago
Man who assumed baby's ID jailed
Man jailed for stealing dead baby's identity
_______________________
Under the name Christopher Edward Buckingham, the fraudster had met his wife to be, Jody, while backpacking in Bavaria in the 1980s. They married in 1984 and had a son and a daughter, aged 16 and 19, who took his name.
He later purloined a title, the Earl of Buckingham, albeit one that had been extinct since 1687.When Kent police searched his car, documents backing up his false identity were discovered; a driving licence in the name of Christopher Edward Buckingham, a car registration document for an MGB, a cheque book and a credit card statement.
Also found was a large quantity of notepaper headed with the heraldic crest of the Duke of Buckingham and the address of his "manor house" at Little Billing, Northamptonshire - which turned out to be a three bedroomed semi.
Nov 09, 2005
