{"id":10876,"date":"2023-11-07T07:06:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T07:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/ex-bhs-owner-dominic-chappell-freed-from-jail\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T07:06:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T07:06:48","slug":"ex-bhs-owner-dominic-chappell-freed-from-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/ex-bhs-owner-dominic-chappell-freed-from-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-BHS owner Dominic Chappell freed from jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/online-workshops-list\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-496\" src=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90.png\" alt=\"Retail Online Training\" width=\"729\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90.png 729w, https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90-300x37.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/a><\/p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-148377\">\n<div class=\"td-post-content tagdiv-type\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"465\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dominic-Chappell_headshot_PA-2-1-696x465-1-696x465.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dominic-Chappell_headshot_PA-2-1-696x465-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dominic-Chappell_headshot_PA-2-1-696x465-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dominic-Chappell_headshot_PA-2-1-696x465-1-629x420.jpg 629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"Dominic Chappell BHS\" title=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Ex-BHS owner Dominic Chappell has been freed from prison on parole, after being jailed for tax evasion.<\/p>\n<p>Chappell was released from Guys Marsh prison in Dorset on Friday, having served half of his six year sentence, The Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>The failed businessman was jailed in 2020 for tax evasion on the \u00a32.2m income he received after purchasing BHS, avoiding around \u00a3600,000 in taxes.<\/p>\n<p>The disgraced boss was convicted of three charges of cheating the public revenue related to his bankrupt finance company, Swiss Rock Ltd.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"x_al\">Sign up\u00a0here\u00a0to g<\/span><span class=\"x_al\">et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning<\/span><strong><span class=\"al\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>His release coincides with the start of a High Court claim trial with Chappell and two ex- colleagues being sued for \u00a3133 million by BHS liquidator FRP Advisory for wrongful trading.<\/p>\n<p>The claim centres on allegations that they squandered the property dowry that Sir Philip Green left in BHS without turning it around, The Sunday Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>The department store chain fell into administration in 2016, around a year after billionaire Green sold the company to a consortium led by Chappell for \u00a31. The collapse lost around 11,000 jobs.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette\u2018s free daily email newsletter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<footer>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/online-workshops-list\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-496\" src=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90.png\" alt=\"Retail Online Training\" width=\"729\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90.png 729w, https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/RETAIL-ONLINE-TRAINING-728-X-90-300x37.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/a><\/p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-BHS owner Dominic Chappell has been freed from prison on parole, after being jailed for tax evasion. 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