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Thursday, July 04, 2013

The £3m Clyde defence contract, the faked documents and the company boss who risks jail

Type 45 destroyerA Scottish defence contractor has been accused of contempt of court after admitting it faked evidence in a legal row over the Royal Navy's new Type-45 destroyers.

Multimillion-pound marine engineering firm Ticon Insulation will go to Scotland's highest court today for a hearing in a rare civil action that, if successful, could result in its managing director being jailed for up to two years.

The company, highlighted by the anti-independence Better Together campaign as a big winner from lucrative UK Ministry of Defence contracts, denies contempt of court but acknowledges fabricating a vital court document.

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