Roshan Persad a former manager of the Billingsgate Fish Market who stole nearly £95,000 from traders’ rent to feed his gambling addiction has been jailed for two years and eight months. Persad, from Hornchurch in Essex, denied the charges but a jury at the Old Bailey found him guilty of six counts of theft, seven of false accounting and one of fraud by abuse of position.
Recorder Karim Khalil QC, sentencing, said: “You used the money to fund your gambling habit, which was far worse than you were prepared to admit. “As the losses mounted, you were left with few options: pay back the money from other sources, confess to your employers and seek support, or cover up the losses and hope no one would identify you as the thief — you chose the latter course.”