Ka taƙaita labarin:  Richard Williams ya isa kotun Manchester kafin a yanke masa hukunci a yau. Kyaftin din jirgin ruwan U-boat wanda ya ba da kuɗin rayuwarsa mai ban mamaki da wadata tare da 'ƙwarewa' £ 1million VAT zamba a yau an daure shi sama da shekaru huɗu. Mai zamba Richard Williams, mai shekara 54, ya kashe £ 50,000 na tsabar kudi ya juya wani jirgin ruwa mai zurfi a cikin jirgin ruwa na Jamus na yakin duniya na biyu tare da bututun torpedo da kuma periscope. An daure mai kama da Kyaftin Birdseye a kotun Manchester Crown Court na tsawon shekaru hudu da watanni takwas bayan ya yarda da yaudarar mai biyan haraji sama da fam miliyan 1 ta hanyar dawo da VAT daga kasuwancin karya uku. Tsohuwar matarsa Laurel Howarth, mai shekaru 28, an daure ta tsawon watanni 20 saboda rawar da ta taka a cikin shekaru biyar da suka yi na cin hanci da rashawa na kudaden shiga da kwastam na £ 1,017,505. Alkali Michael Murray ya gaya wa Williams: 'Wannan babban laifi ne. An yi tunani sosai, an tsara shi kuma an tsara shi tsawon lokaci. Dukkan alamu sun nuna cewa an ɓata kuɗin. 'Kun kirkiro kasuwancin karya guda uku kuma babu wani abu da ya dace da su. Ka gabatar da takardar da ba ta dace ba ga HMRC da nufin sake dawo da VAT ba tare da gaskiya ba. ' Alkalin ya gaya wa Howarth cewa sa hannu ya kasance 'ƙananan laifi' bayan da ta yarda da tuhume-tuhume uku na yin watsi da shigar da bayanan VAT na karya ga HMRC. Ya ce: 'Na gamsu da cewa wataƙila an tilasta maka ka aikata wasu, idan ba duka ba, na laifukan. Amma kun yarda da laifinku kuma kun sami fa'idar biyan kuɗi na shekaru da yawa. ' A jiya ne aka saurari karar ta Dominic Thomas, mai kare Williams, cewa Williams ya zubar da kudaden a kan 'rayuwar da ba ta dace ba da kuma balaguro - tafiya a kusa da marinas, sayen jiragen ruwa, shan shampen da kuma yin wauta da rashin hankali'. An fada a gabanin sauraron cewa Williams ya ba da sha'awarsa ga jiragen ruwa ta hanyar gina samfurin jirgin ruwa wanda ya sanya a cikin kayan kyaftin din. Ya kuma biya kuɗin jirgin sama mai zaman kansa don kai shi da matarsa zuwa Paris don sayen takarda na musamman kuma ya canza ɗakin zama...
Kyaftin Birdseye mai kama da Richard Williams ya kashe £ 50,000 a kan jirgin ruwansa. Ya yi rayuwa mai kyau yana zubar da kudi a kan jiragen sama da motoci masu sauri yayin da yake amfani da shi. Ya yi ƙarya cewa yana sayar da gadaje na musamman ga mutanen da ke da nakasa. An yanke wa mai shekaru 54 a yau hukuncin daurin shekaru hudu da watanni takwas.