FIFA rejects Barca transfer appeal

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <header class="post-header cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="featured" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Soccer_FIFA_Corrupt_500730a.jpg" itemprop="image" rel="prettyPhoto" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="FIFA rejects Barca transfer appeal"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="Soccer_FIFA_Corrupt_500730a" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="336" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Soccer_FIFA_Corrupt_500730a-702x336.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="FIFA rejects Barca transfer appeal" width="702" /></span></a></div> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="name" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">FIFA rejects Barca transfer appeal</span></span></h1> <a class="comments" href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=78040#comments" style="border: 0px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px -35px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="fa fa-comments-o" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"></span> </span></span></a></header><div class="post-container cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content-right" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content description" itemprop="articleBody" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px -1.857em; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">FIFA Appeal Committee has rejected the ap­peals lodged by Spanish club, FC Barcelona and the Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) and to confirm in their entirety the decisions rendered by the FIFA Disciplinary Com­mittee in the respective cases relating to the protec­tion of minors.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As such, FC Barcelona is to serve a transfer ban, which will see the club prevented from registering any players at both national and international level for two complete and consecutive transfer periods, starting with the next registration period, (January 2015) given that the appeal of the club had been granted suspensive effect by the chairman of the FIFA Appeal Committee. FC Barcelona had also been ordered to pay a fine of CHF 450,000 and been given a period of 90 days from yesterday in which to regularise the situation of all mi­nor players concerned.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Meanwhile, the RFEF had been ordered to pay a fine of CHF 500,000 and granted a period of one year in which to regularise her regulatory framework and ex­isting system concerning the international transfer of minors in football.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The terms of the decisions taken by the FIFA Appeal Committee were communicated to FC Barcelona and the RFEF yestrday.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

FIFA rejects Barca transfer appeal

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Accused and sentenced for Paedophile: Evil on the increase

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h1 style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Shamed PR guru Max Clifford attends his brother's funeral in handcuffs after he is let out of jail on compassionate leave... and manages a smirk and a thumbs-up on his way back</span></span></h1> <ul class="article-summary news" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Allowed out of prison to attend funeral at North East Surrey Crematorium</span></b></li> <li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Clifford taken to cemetery chapel in handcuffs, flanked by security guards</span></b></li> <li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Serving eight-year jail sentence after being found guilty of indecent assaults</span></b></li> </ul> <br /> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Shamed former PR guru Max Clifford was allowed out of prison today to attend his older brother’s funeral.</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Wearing a blue suit, tie and glasses, the convicted sex offender arrived at the North East Surrey Crematorium in Morden in a blacked-out white Renault van at around 2.15pm.</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Clifford, 71, was brought out from the van 300ft from the cemetery chapel in handcuffs, flanked by security guards, before walking indoors for the service. </span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Clifford stood laughing and smiling with family and friends following the 30-minute service. The paedophile received hugs and kisses on the cheek from other guests.</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Clifford's right hand was cuffed to a suit-wearing security guard as he spent 10 minutes speaking with people outside the chapel. He shook hands with guests using his left hand and appeared relaxed.</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div class="moduleFull" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a class="namedLink" href="" name="video" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"></a></span><div class="item" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <div id="v-3736670758001" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; width: 636px;"> <div class="videoplayer-large" style="height: 358px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; overflow-y: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 636px;"> <a href="" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><div class="videoplayer-title-bg" style="box-shadow: rgb(51, 51, 51) 0px 3px 5px; 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background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; bottom: 11px; box-sizing: border-box; display: table; height: 36px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 10px;"> <div class="mobile-gallery-icon" style="background-image: url(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/furniture/mobile/icon_camera_90x68.png); background-position: 10px 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 27px; box-sizing: content-box; display: table-cell; float: none; height: 20px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 7px 10px 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 24px;"> </div> <span style="display: table-cell; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 2px; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">+10</span></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="splitRight" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Clifford was jailed for eight years" class="blkBorder img-share" data-track-pos="3" height="423" id="i-7347c4846a050eaf" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/08/18/article-0-209D80DE00000578-73_306x423.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="306" /></span><div class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery" style="background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; bottom: 11px; box-sizing: border-box; display: table; height: 36px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 10px;"> <div class="mobile-gallery-icon" style="background-image: url(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/furniture/mobile/icon_camera_90x68.png); background-position: 10px 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 27px; box-sizing: content-box; display: table-cell; float: none; height: 20px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 7px 10px 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 24px;"> </div> <span style="display: table-cell; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 2px; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">+10</span></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="border: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: auto;"> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Let out: Clifford, 71, is currently serving an eight-year jail sentence after being found guilty of indecent assaults</span></div> <div class="clear" style="border: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: auto;"> </div> <div class="artSplitter" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Getting out: A group of security guards waited by the white van as other guests arrived for the service" class="blkBorder img-share" data-track-pos="4" height="422" id="i-18c47c4024bd3a7d" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/08/18/article-0-209D80E600000578-9_634x422.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span><div class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery" style="background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; bottom: 11px; box-sizing: border-box; display: table; height: 36px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; 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clear: both; float: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: auto;"> </div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Clifford then received a final hug by the vehicle from a woman. He stepped up into the back of the van, which was then driven off the site - but not before he gave photographers a thumbs-up.</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Clifford - who is at Category C Littlehey jail in Cambridgeshire - was jailed for the indecent assaults carried out between 1977 and 1984, using his celebrity connections to lure women.</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A man who saw Clifford arrive at the service said: ‘I saw him come out of the side of the van wearing handcuffs. There were a few big guys with him. He went inside and is sat down in there now.’</span></div> </div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2728006/Smirking-paedophile-Max-Clifford-gives-thumbs-let-prison-attend-brothers-funeral-handcuffs.html#ixzz3An1h5sia" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2728006/Smirking-paedophile-Max-Clifford-gives-thumbs-let-prison-attend-brothers-funeral-handcuffs.html#ixzz3An1h5sia</a><br />Follow us: <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=MailOnline" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@MailOnline on Twitter</a> | <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=DailyMail" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">DailyMail on Facebook</a></span><br /> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Ministry of Justice said it does not comment on individuals, but a spokesman said prisoners need to apply to attend a funeral and the prison assesses risk to the public.</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It also looks at the prisoner's relationship to the dead person. If permission is granted, the prisoner is normally escorted to the funeral by staff.</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In a statement handed out by his daughter Louise, Clifford wrote: ‘This is not the right time or the right place to discuss my situation. </span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘I am here purely to pay my tribute to my brother Bernard, or Bunny, as I always called him. Bernard always was to me the serious and political one of the family.</span></div> <div class="clear" style="border: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: auto;"> </div> <div class="artSplitter" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘He was a kind and caring man who had strong views and opinions and always stood up to be counted. To me he was just a wonderful and caring brother and friend.</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘I am here because I naturally wanted to be and most importantly because Iris and all of the family asked me to be here. My attendance here today was allowed by the Governor of Littlehey Mr Taylor, for which I am very grateful.’</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bernard Clifford was a former mayor of Merton and served on Merton Council as a Labour councillor for the Ravensbury ward in Mitcham and Morden.</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He was said to have got his brother his first job in publishing as an editorial assistant at The Eagle.</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In the 40 minute service, during which Bernard Clifford was cremated, his wife Iris, and other relatives remembered his life. Simon and Garfunkel's Sound of Silence played as the coffin was lowered.</span></div> <div class="clear" style="border: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: auto;"> </div> <div class="artSplitter" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> </div> </div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Passing sentence at London’s Southwark Crown Court, Judge Anthony Leonard told Max Clifford his personality and position in the public eye were the reasons his crimes were not revealed earlier.</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The judge said that due to the historic nature of the offences, Clifford was charged under an act from 1956, which set the maximum term for each charge at two years.</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Under later legislation passed in 2003, the maximum term would have been 10 years, and for the worst instances would have been charged as rape or assault by penetration, which attract a maximum life term.</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The former celebrity agent, who branded his accusers ‘fantasists’, remained defiant ahead of his sentencing, saying: ‘I stand by everything I have said in the last 17 months.’</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Clifford has lodged an appeal against his sentence.</span></div> <div class="pageBreak" style="background-position: 0px 50%; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 0px 2px; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 10px 20px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <h2 style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The rise and fall of shamed celebrity publicist Max Clifford </span></span></h2> <div class="ins cleared xolcc bdrcc" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Max Clifford, who was born to an electrician and former maid in 1943, carved out a hugely successful career for himself prior to his arrest. </span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Raised in south London, he left school at 15-years-old with no qualifications and quickly landed himself a job as a reporter on his local paper. </span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It led to his first job in PR, which would help him become the country’s most infamous publicist over time. </span></div> <div class="clear" style="border: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: auto;"> </div> <div class="artSplitter" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Disgraced PR Guru Max Clifford (pictured in 1992) was particularly well-known for his involvement in celebrity 'kiss-and-tell' stories for tabloid newspapers and represented a number of high-profile clients over the years" class="blkBorder img-share" data-track-pos="8" height="423" id="i-d55031691bd08a3e" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/08/18/article-2728006-00CBBBA000000190-380_634x423.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="634" /></span><br /> <div class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery" style="background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; bottom: 11px; box-sizing: border-box; display: table; height: 36px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 10px;"> <div class="mobile-gallery-icon" style="background-image: url(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/furniture/mobile/icon_camera_90x68.png); background-position: 10px 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 27px; box-sizing: content-box; display: table-cell; float: none; height: 20px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 7px 10px 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 24px;"> </div> <span style="display: table-cell; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 2px; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">+10</span></span></div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Disgraced PR Guru Max Clifford (pictured in 1992) was particularly well-known for his involvement in celebrity 'kiss-and-tell' stories for tabloid newspapers and represented a number of high-profile clients over the years</span></div> </div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He spent years building up his contacts book and soon his PR empire represented a host of high-profile figures from Simon Cowell and Jade Goody to Gary Glitter and Freddie Star. </span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He was particularly well-known for his involvement in ‘kiss-and-tell’ stories for tabloid newspapers and represented a number of clients including Rebecca Loos – who alleged to have an affair with David Beckham.</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">With a £3million mansion in Surrey’s stockbroker belt, homes in the Cotswolds and Marbella and with a Rolls-Royce complete with a personal number plate (100 Max), Clifford made the most of his £1million-a-year salary. </span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">However, his career and reputation took a sudden downfall in December 2012 when he was arrested by detectives from Operation Yewtree. He was charged the following April with a string of indecent assaults. </span></div> <div class="floatRHS" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 20px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; width: 308px;"> <div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Clifford (pictured outside Southwark Crown Court earlier this year) was jailed for eight years for a string of indecent assaults between 1977 and 1984" class="blkBorder img-share" data-track-pos="9" height="423" id="i-17e09bb2ee6993af" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/08/18/article-2728006-18847C4000000578-462_306x423.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="306" /></span><br /> <div class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery" style="background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; bottom: 11px; box-sizing: border-box; display: table; height: 36px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 10px;"> <div class="mobile-gallery-icon" style="background-image: url(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/furniture/mobile/icon_camera_90x68.png); background-position: 10px 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 27px; box-sizing: content-box; display: table-cell; float: none; height: 20px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 7px 10px 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 24px;"> </div> <span style="display: table-cell; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 2px; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">+10</span></span></div> </div> <div class="imageCaption" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Clifford (pictured outside Southwark Crown Court earlier this year) was jailed for eight years for a string of indecent assaults between 1977 and 1984</span></div> </div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The investigation, Scotland Yard's inquiry into historic allegations of sexual offences, was prompted after claims were made against the late DJ Jimmy Savile.</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After his arrest in 2012, Clifford was invited on to ITV’s Daybreak, where he claimed he was the victim of a ‘witch hunt’.</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Throughout the subsequent trial, he showed no ounce of remorse and regularly displayed a nonchalant and arrogant approach. </span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He was jailed for eight years at Southwark Crown Court in May after a jury found him guilty of eight counts of indecent assault against teenage girls and young women between 1977 and 1984.</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The judge said that if the offences had taken place today – since sentencing guidelines were toughened in 2003 – Clifford would have been regarded as a multiple rapist for which he would have been locked up for life.  </span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The maximum sentence for indecent assault at the time was two years.</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The 71-year-old committed the offences after luring and 'degrading' women through his celebrity connections during his high-profile career. </span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sentencing Clifford, Judge Leonard said: 'The reason why they were not brought to light sooner was because of your own dominant character and your position in the world of entertainment which meant that your victims thought that you were untouchable, something that I think you too believed.'</span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">For Clifford’s eight offences, the judge gave him a series of sentences of 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, six months, 21 months and 15 months, some to run concurrently and some consecutively, to arrive at a total of eight years. </span></div> <div style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He is now serving his sentence at Category C Littlehey jail in Cambridgeshire and has lodged an appeal to the Court of Appeal against his sentence.  </span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div class="moduleFull" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="item" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <div id="v-3531099748001" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; width: 636px;"> <div class="videoplayer-large" style="height: 358px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; 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