Sen Yai
October 27th, 2006, 03:21
A juicy little story in the Independent (UK) (http://news.independent.co.uk/world/australasia/article1930123.ece)
Peter Foster arrested in Fiji over 'gay smear' allegations
The colourful tale of Peter Foster has taken a suitably bizarre twist, with the missing fraudster re-emerging clad only in a pair of swimming trunks......
The notoriously charming Australian - who was once dubbed "the greatest conman of all time" and who was at the centre of the Cheriegate scandal four years ago - was captured by police in Fiji after evading them for more than a fortnight.
Local media in the South Pacific islands said the 44-year-old was detained in the Pearl Resort at Navua after he tried to escape by jumping off a bridge. ..........Mr Foster, who has served jail terms for fraud and impersonation, came to prominence in 2002 when he began a relationship with Carole Caplin, Cherie Blair's style and health adviser and offered himself as a "financial adviser" to the Prime Minister's wife over the purchase of two flats in Bristol........It is claimed that Foster and four local businessmen created websites, internet chat rooms and e-mails that suggested a planned Nw Zlnd-backed development in the Yasawa islands was being marketed for homosexuals, with Fijian boys available for sex.
By Terri Judd
Published: 26 October 2006
Peter Foster arrested in Fiji over 'gay smear' allegations
The colourful tale of Peter Foster has taken a suitably bizarre twist, with the missing fraudster re-emerging clad only in a pair of swimming trunks......
The notoriously charming Australian - who was once dubbed "the greatest conman of all time" and who was at the centre of the Cheriegate scandal four years ago - was captured by police in Fiji after evading them for more than a fortnight.
Local media in the South Pacific islands said the 44-year-old was detained in the Pearl Resort at Navua after he tried to escape by jumping off a bridge. ..........Mr Foster, who has served jail terms for fraud and impersonation, came to prominence in 2002 when he began a relationship with Carole Caplin, Cherie Blair's style and health adviser and offered himself as a "financial adviser" to the Prime Minister's wife over the purchase of two flats in Bristol........It is claimed that Foster and four local businessmen created websites, internet chat rooms and e-mails that suggested a planned Nw Zlnd-backed development in the Yasawa islands was being marketed for homosexuals, with Fijian boys available for sex.
By Terri Judd
Published: 26 October 2006