UAE Sheik failed to pay for renovation of iconic King Edward, claims builder
The controversial foreign owner of Port Elizabeths iconic King Edward Hotel has been accused of allegedly failing to pay more than R1-million worth of bills for renovation work on the hotel.
Port Elizabeth attorney Lunen Meyer confirmed yesterday that he had pursued the matter for three years on behalf of builder Greg Webster, but had been unable to locate the owner of the hotel, United Arab Emirates-based Sheik Khalaf Ahmed Khalaf Al Otaiba, to serve a notice of demand on him.
Webster spoke about the situation which drove him into insolvency after helicopter pilot John Huddlestone came forward with a similar story of the sheik failing to pay a bill…
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