An exclusive London casino claims that a Gulf sheikh reneged on a 2 million gambling debt by sending it 17 cheques that bounced during a spree last year.
The dispute was revealed in the High Court in London when a judge lifted a freezing order on the assets of Sheikh Salah Hamdan Albluewi, the chairman of a Saudi Arabian construction and property empire.
Sheikh Albluewi, 52, disputes the debt claimed by the owners of Les Ambassadeurs Club, a Park Lane casino in Mayfair that featured in the James Bond film Dr No and the Beatles film A Hard Days Night.
The court was told that he had been a member of the club for 26 years and had an extensive traffic card or gambling history
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