(Image: Paul Davey/SWNS)Giving judgment in London on Wednesday, Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett, sitting with Lord Justice Davis and Lord Justice Simon, dismissed Mrs Hajiyeva's appeal. Lord Burnett added that Mrs Hajiyeva's application for permission to appeal against the court's judgment had been refused. (Image: East2West/Getty)At a hearing in December, Mrs Hajiyeva's barrister James Lewis QC argued that Mr Hajiyev's conviction was a "flagrant denial of justice". But the Court of Appeal found that "Mr Hajiyev's conviction for fraud and embezzlement was only one of the strands relied on" by the NCA. (Image: PA)Court documents later released to the media revealed that Mrs Hajiyeva blew £600,000 in a single day during a 10-year-long spending spree.

Source: Daily Mirror February 05, 2020 11:02 UTC