A Leicester businessman, Nazir Abdul Rashid Daud, previously residing on Landseer Road, Leicester, has been sentenced to four years in prison and disqualified from company directorship for 15 years.

Daud, convicted in his absence at Leicester Crown Court on December 2, 2022, faced charges under the Fraud Act 2006 and the Companies Act 2006 for false representations and fraudulent trading between 2015 and 2018.