Ex-Nadir aide freed after plea

LONDON - Ms Elizabeth Forsyth, a former aide of the Polly Peck head, Mr Asil Nadir, was freed yesterday after three judges allowed…

LONDON - Ms Elizabeth Forsyth, a former aide of the Polly Peck head, Mr Asil Nadir, was freed yesterday after three judges allowed her appeal against a five year sentence for handling stolen money.

Ms Forsyth (60), who is also appealing against the moneylaundering conviction itself, described her 10 months in prison as an "experience".

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