Fugitive's wife jailed for money-laundering scam

The wife of a fugitive traveller and a pub landlord have been jailed for their involvement in a £1.6m money laundering fraud used to buy a controversial piece of land in Northampton, UK.

Mary Connors, aged 40, had £1.3m in cash and properties confiscated which she and her violent husband James had amassed, despite being illiterate, never working or paying taxes.

They had used the proceeds of distraction burglaries and benefit frauds to buy five properties across the country including two homes in Northampton and a 40-acre plot of land in Kingsthorpe.