On Lord Taylor

"Lord" Taylor's barrister:

"He is not motivated by money. He is a humble man, a gentle and honest man, with a clear moral compass. He is not a man with a silver spoon in his mouth."

He may be humble, he could be gentle, and he may not have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but he most certainly is not honest and he does not possess a moral compass. If he was honest and he did have such a compass, he wouldn't now be facing sentencing as a convicted fraudster. And I don't care how many good deeds he may have done; he has been convicted for what he did wrong, and that is what he deserves to be punished. And people who are convicted of fraud do tend to, at least on some levels, be motivated by money. Otherwise they wouldn't steal the fucking stuff.

He's a crook; he may be a well-meaning crook, but he is still a crook. And he deserves whatever punishment the court gives him.