Locations
Willand Close, Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL2
Description
The general manager of a tipi hire company has admitted committing fraud and sex offences ahead of a trial for further voyeurism charges.
Gareth Fearnley Edwards, 40, pleaded guilty to one count of fraud by abuse of position at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court on June 29.
Edwards was the general manager of Big Chief Tipis, based in Bolton, where he falsified freelancers' invoices before paying the fees to himself, heard the court.
The manager, of Willand Close in Breightmet, also pleaded guilty to one count of recording a person doing a private act and one count of making an indecent picture of a child at a plea and trial preparation hearing in Bolton Crown Court today (July 5).
He pleaded not guilty to two counts of attempts to possess indecent pictures of a child, another count of recording a person doing a private act and another count of making an indecent picture of a child.
Edwards will go on trial for the offences he denies.
The case has been adjourned until the trial is scheduled to begin on June 6, 2022.
Edwards has been released on bail.