'World's biggest bootlegger' jailed

The “world’s biggest bootlegger”, who pocketed up to £15m (€22.5m) ripping off some of showbusiness’s top names, was jailed for three and a half years today.

During a massive scam that lasted at least 11 years, Mark Purseglove used thousands of illicit recordings made by sound engineers and crooked concertgoers to build a global counterfeit CD empire.