Brighouse ‘copter pair crash: Instructor jailed - Local - Halifax Courier: A flight instructor who lied to obtain a helicopter licence for a multimillionaire who killed himself and his wife in a chopper crash just weeks later has been jailed for six months.
Ian King, 53, was found guilty of making a false statement to the Civil Aviation Authority with intent to deceive, after he certified that Paul Spencer had complied with all the training requirements and flown the required amount of hours.Wealthy Paul Spencer, 43, the boss of Country Baskets, crashed his �250,000 Westland Gazelle in the grounds of the plush Rudding Park Hotel in Harrogate, North Yorks., on January 26, 2008 - just weeks after his licence was granted in December 2007. He and his wife Linda, 59, both of Brighouse, died.
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