You would need a heart of stone not to laugh at the irony;
“A presenter on the BBC consumer affairs show Rogue Traders has been jailed for 12 weeks for benefit fraud totalling more than £24,000. Dan Penteado, 40, from Bournemouth, admitted eight offences of dishonestly or knowingly claiming housing and council tax benefits.”
For sale – Kawasaki ZZR1400, as seen on Watchdog. Impending prison sentence forces reluctant sale. Contact Dan Penteado
I hope they put his mugshot up in the rogues gallery
LOL!!…..You couldn’t make it up!…Fantastic!…….Presenter of BBC show meant to track down criminals and help stop the British public getting ripped off by them, and who also works as a private investigator here and abroad…….suddenly banged up in a prison cell FOR CRIMINALLY RIPPING OFF THE BRITISH PUBLIC!! …..Absolutely LMFAO when I heard about it on SKY News today! …….Fuckin ace entertainment!!…Just like Porridge was! …..LOL!
Time for a new series I think. “Rogue BBC Presenters” anyone?
That is quite a good idea – give the sheer number of BBC presenteres and actors that have been convicted of a wide range of crimes.
Quite a lot of talent to chose from!
It takes a thief to catch a thief?
But the thing that shocked me the most about this story was finding out that the BBC (us) paid him £57000 for riding his motorbike around for a few hours a week.
Daylight robbery. But then coming courtesy of the totally undemocratic BBC TV Licence fee it would be!
I demand a public enquiry!
How many more crooks and conmen are the BBC harbouring , and putting on the payroll for the likes of this rogue to fleece.
This obviously goes right to the top.
More regulation and answerable to a People Commissariat for the BBC.
People are saying that the BBC has got to be given an enema….they really are!
More legislation please for the BBC…NOW!
Not to mention the BBC presenters, told to say they are free lance (when they appear regularly in the BBC) for the purpose of, they say legal, tax evasion purposes when they channel their earnings through another source.
The BBC is not so squeaky clean as they would make out and BBC bias should keep highlighting the BBC’s problems.
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