THREE people appeared in Cardiff Magistrates' Court on Tuesday (8) charged with fraud totalling more than £5 million at Cardiff Sixth Form College, once featured in a BBC documentary as "Britain's Brainiest School".
Yasmin Anjum Sarwar, 43, and Nadeem Sarwar, 48, both denied nine separate fraud and theft charges. The third defendant, Ragu Sivapalan, 39, pleaded not guilty to false accounting between 2013 and 2016, reported the Telegraph.
The alleged financial wrongdoing occurred between 2012 and 2016 at the fee-paying institution for 16 to 18-year-olds, which is known for its outstanding academic results.
Magistrate Wayne Mortimer released all three on bail and sent the case to Cardiff Crown Court for a pre-trial hearing on May 6. The Sarwars were ordered not to contact each other as a condition of their bail.
The college has since changed ownership, with its former overseeing charity now operating as the Cardiff Educational Endowment Trust, which operates as a grant making charity rather than running educational institutions.
Moglai Bap and Mo Chara of Kneecap perform at Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, Britain, June 28, 2025. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy
Police may probe anti-Israel comments at Glastonbury
BRITISH police said they were considering whether to launch an investigation after performers at Glastonbury Festival made anti-Israel comments during their shows.
"We are aware of the comments made by acts on the West Holts Stage at Glastonbury Festival this afternoon," Avon and Somerset Police, in western England, said on X late on Saturday (28).
Irish hip-hop group Kneecap and punk duo Bob Vylan made anti-Israeli chants in separate shows on the West Holts stage on Saturday. One of the members of Bob Vylan chanted "Death, death, to the IDF" in a reference to the Israel Defense Forces.
"Video evidence will be assessed by officers to determine whether any offences may have been committed that would require a criminal investigation," the police statement said.
The Israeli Embassy in Britain said it was "deeply disturbed by the inflammatory and hateful rhetoric expressed on stage at the Glastonbury Festival".
Prime minister Keir Starmer said earlier this month it was "not appropriate" for Kneecap to appear at Glastonbury.
The band's frontman Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh was charged with a terrorism offence last month for allegedly displaying a flag in support of Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah at a concert in November. He has denied the charge.
A British government minister said it was appalling that the anti-Israel chants had been made at Glastonbury, and that the festival's organisers and the BBC broadcaster - which is showing the event - had questions to answer.
Health secretary Wes Streeting said he was also appalled by violence committed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
"I'd also say to the Israeli Embassy, get your own house in order in terms of the conduct of your own citizens and the settlers in the West Bank," Streeting told Sky News.
"I wish they'd take the violence of their own citizens towards Palestinians more seriously," he said.
(Reuters)