A father and son who ran businesses that bought and sold horse boxes have been sentenced after an investigation into a £1.5 million VAT fraud.
Geoffrey Butchers, 71, of Daventry, Northamptonshire, failed to declare any sales for his Horseboxseller business between 2007 and 2015 and both he and his son, Phillip, 30, lived a lavish lifestyle with the proceeds of the crime.
They drove around in Ferrari and Aston Martin cars and Phillip Butchers spent thousands of pounds on designer clothes, whilst holidaying in Rio de Janeiro and Abu-Dhabi.
Geoffrey Butchers also lied about the true value of sales on a second bu...