Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Richard Williams achisvika paManchester Crown Court pamberi pomutongo wake mangwanani ano. Mukuru wechikepe cheU-boat anozviti ndiye anotungamirira upenyu hwake hwomutambarakede uye hwomutambarakede achishandisa chitsotsi 'chakapinza' chemamiriyoni £1 cheVAT nhasi akatongerwa makore anopfuura mana mujeri. Munyengeri Richard Williams, ane makore 54, akanga apedza £50 000 yemari yacho achichinja chikepe chiduku chomumugero kuva chinyorwa chechikepe cheGermany chehondo yeNyika II chine zvitubu zvetorpedo neperiscope. Mufananidzo waKaputeni Birdseye akaiswa mutorongo paManchester Crown Court kwemakore mana nemwedzi misere pashure pokubvuma kubiridzira mutero wemari inopfuura £1 miriyoni nokudzorera VAT kumabhizimisi matatu enhema. Aichimbova mudzimai wake Laurel Howarth, ane makore 28, akatongerwa kugara mujeri kwemwedzi 20 nokuda kwokugoverana kwake mukubiridzira kwamakore mashanu uko kwakabiridzira Revenue neCustoms zvaMambo zve£1,017,505. Mutongi Michael Murray akaudza Williams kuti: 'Ichi chaiva chakaipa zvikuru. Yakarongwa nokungwarira, yakarongwa uye yakarongwa kwenguva refu. Zviratidzo zvose zvinoratidza kuti mari yacho yakaparadzwa. 'Makasika mabhizimisi matatu enhema uye pakanga pasina chinhu chaiva mavari. Iwe wakapa invoice yenhema kuHMRC nechinangwa chokudzorera VAT nenzira isina kutendeseka.' Mutongi akaudza Howarth kuti kubatanidzwa kwake kwakanga 'kusina mhosva' pashure pokunge abvuma mhosva nhatu dzokusafunga kupinza mitero yeVAT yenhema kuHMRC. Iye akati: 'Ndine chokwadi chokuti ungave wakamanikidzwa kuita zvimwe, kana zvisiri zvose, zvezviito zvakaipa. Asi wakareurura kuti une mhaka uye wave uchibetserwa nemari dzacho kwamakore anoverengeka.' Pakunzwa nezuro kwakaudzwa naDominic Thomas, achidzivirira Williams, kuti Williams akanga apedza mari yacho pa'mararamiro okusava nehanya uye okutama - kufamba-famba mumadoko, kutenga magwa, kunwa champagne uye kazhinji kuzvibata nenzira youpenzi uye yokusafunga.' Pakunzwa kwakapfuura kwakanga kwaziviswa kuti Williams akanga aratidza kuda kwake zvikepe kupfurikidza nokuvaka mufananidzo wechikepe chepasi pegungwa paakanga azviisa mumufambiro womukuru mukuru. Akanga abhadharawo jeti yomunhu oga kuti imuendese iye nomudzimai wake kuParis kunotenga mapepa omadziro akaitwa maererano nezvinodiwa nomunhu uye akanga achinja imba yokurara...
Kaputeni Birdseye akafanana naRichard Williams akashandisa £ 50,000 paU-boat yake. Akararama upenyu hwomutambarakede achipambadza mari pamajet nemotokari dzinokurumidza apo aiwana betsero. Akareva nhema kuti akanga achitengesa mibhedha yakagadzirirwa vanhu vakaremara. Murume ane makore makumi mashanu nemana okuberekwa uyu nhasi atongerwa kugara mujeri kwemakore mana nemwedzi misere.