High-flying Liverpool lawyer jailed

A HIGH-FLYING City lawyer, who conned millions from her bank bosses to help a friend’s ailing airline, was jailed for five years.

Kate Johns, 39, deputy head of Tokyo Mitsubishi’s legal department, repeatedly cajoled colleagues into ignoring procedure and approving letters of credit totalling more than £6m.

Sentencing her in London last week, Judge John Price said: “You used your position to persuade, cajole and, I’m afraid, bully those lower down the chain of command.”

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