A billionaire businessman who has failed to pay a £2.2million debt racked up at the Ritz casino should be jailed for ten months, a top judge has ruled.
Safa Abdulla Al Geabury, 52, claimed the casino should have stopped him playing as he is a known gambling addict, telling the High Court: “the Devil made me”.
However, his argument was rejected last year as “deliberately dishonest” and the property tycoon was ordered him to pay back the money.
At a hearing today, Mr Justice Spencer found Al Geabury had not repaid the debt and was in contempt of court by not declaring his assets, deliberately breaching a worldwide financial freezing order.
He said Al Geabury should be jailed for ten months for contempt, but he …
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