Craig Whyte Arrested
In May 2011 Rangers,
unbeknown to the fanbase, became the victims of one of the biggest corporate sabotages
in Scottish history.
Craig Whyte, ‘entrepreneur’ with
a hazy background ‘bought’ the Club from Sir David Murray, and proceeded to
tear it up from the inside out.
Yesterday, at last, Whyte
was arrested in Mexico,
relating to the takeover and his repeated absences from various court
appearances in Scotland.
The man’s litany of offences makes from grim reading:
1: Withholding PAYE and NI from
HMRC, which led directly to Rangers’ fall into administration.
2: His collusion with administrators
Paul Clark & David Whitehouse (who have not made a plea) as the sabotage
deepened.
3: His collusion with Ticketus to
illegally purchase the Club.
4: His various lies in the few
court appearances he has made. Indeed, Sheriff Ross branded him “wholly
unreliable” as a witness:
“I reject the evidence of Mr Whyte as
wholly unreliable. It is not possible to ascertain whether he is not telling
the truth or is simply unable to recollect the true position, and has convinced
himself that this arrangement is something that he would not have entered into.
Either way, his evidence is contradicted by virtually every other piece of
evidence.”
He stated he would hand himself
in for questioning in the UK
at the beginning of December, action no longer necessary due to his arrest.
Whyte’s part in Rangers’
suffering the past 3+ years can never be overstated, and it is vindication for
Rangers fans accused of ‘cheating’ where in reality the Club and its supporters
who are the victim of the biggest fraud Scottish sport has ever seen.
Let there finally be justice for
the Rangers support.