Couple built lavish lifestyle on £4.6m fraud

A COUPLE were jailed in the North yesterday after admitting a £4.6 million (€5.14m) tax fraud.

Patrick Small, 56, and his wife, Mary, 50, stashed millions of pounds in offshore bank accounts and failed to declare tax worth £4.6m over a period dating back to 1995.

At Belfast Crown Court, Judge Anthony Hart jailed Mr Small for three-and-a-half years and Mrs Small for two-and-a-half.