TWO brothers who conspired to plunder the wages of British Army and Navy servicemen while they fought for their country in Iraq have had their jail sentences cut by top judges.
Abiodun Adepoju, of Goffsmill, Bretton, Peterborough, used false documents to open a string of accounts with his half-brother Omowale (21) and illegal immigrant Abdul Malik, who had managed to get a job at the British Forces Post Office, in London – a position which enabled him to handle diplomats’ bags at Heathrow Airport.

The trio, with other suspected accomplices, used the accounts to launder money diverted from other accounts relating to Army regiments and Royal Navy ships, and high ranking services personnel.

The Ministry of Defence believes that more than £120,000 was stolen through forged cheques, while up to £130,000 may have been obtained on stolen credit cards.

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