The offence of issuingsecurityby deceptionisatypical security crime which is deliberatelycommittedby a specialcriminalobjectin the processof issuing security.
All had been arrested in the preceding 24 hours or so, on charges ranging from theft to deception to criminal damage - a normal cross-section of offences, along with other "street crimes" for this court to deal with during more regular office hours.
It found Di Stefano guilty of nine counts of obtaining a money transfer by deception, eight counts of fraud, three counts of acquiring criminal property, two counts of using a false instrument, one count of attempting to obtain a money transfer by deception, one count of obtaining property by deception and one count of using criminal property.
Lord Mance said Mr Beesley's conduct "although not identifiably criminal, consisted of positive deception in matters integral to the planning process".