The three men accused of spying on Karren Brady and other individuals employed by West Ham United have all pleaded guilty.
59-year-old Howard Hill - a former partner at accountancy firm PKF, Richard Forrest, 31, and Lee Stewart, 40 all pleaded guilty to charges of unlawfully obtaining phone records and bank statements belonging to vice-Chairman Karren Brady and other members of staff involved with the Club's Olympic Stadium bid.The entire episode was exposed by a Sunday Times article in July 2011 in which Tottenham Hotspur - who, at the time were also involved with the Olympic Stadium bidding process - were accused of hiring PKF in order to unearth any 'conflicts of interest' which may have arisen from West Ham's bid for the stadium.
Hill, Forrest and Stewart will be sentenced on 20 December. Three further individuals arrested in connection with the case have since been released and will face no charges.
Further Reading
Not guilty, plead spy trio [3 April 2013]
Trio to face fraud trial [15 November 2012]
The net closes: fourth man arrested [18 January 2012]
Third man arrested: Spurs deny involvement [14 January 2012]
Spurs still under investigation [8 November 2011]
Levy under scrutiny again [26 August 2011]
Brady: Spurs discredited football [13 August 2011]
Tottenham's dirty tricks exposed [3 July 2011]
West Ham call in Police [3 July 2011]
£1,868: the price of corruption? [3 July 2011]
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