Asil Nadir when he was the director of Polly PeckPhotograph: Tony McGrath1990: Asil Nadir before the allegations of fraudPhotograph: Ralph Mortimer/Rex Features1993: Turkish-Cypriot business tycoon Asil Nadir holds the Regina v Asil Nadir dossier, allegedly containing evidence that the prosecution conspired to pervert the course of justice. The allegations were denied by the prosecutionPhotograph: Tom Stoddart/Getty Images
22 June 1993: Armed guards hold back the press as Asil Nadir leaves his home in Lapta, CyprusPhotograph: Clive Limpkin/Rex Features1993: Asil Nadir in Cyprus after he fled the UK on fraud chargesPhotograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features1997: Roger Cook and Asil Nadir on The Cook ReportPhotograph: ITV/Rex FeaturesAsil Nadir in CyprusPhotograph: Tom Stoddart Archive/Getty ImagesOctober 1993: Asil Nadir in Turkish-controlled Northern Cyprus where he was safe from the British authoritiesPhotograph: Tom Stoddart/Getty ImagesAsil Nadir and his heavily armed body guard near his home in Turkish controlled northern Cyprus in 1993Photograph: Tom Stoddart Archive/Getty Images30 May 1997: Asil Nadir at a press conference in Istanbul, TurkeyPhotograph: Murad Sezer/APAsil Nadir gets into a waiting car at Luton airport after he arrived back in the UKPhotograph: Chris Radburn/PAAsil Nadir and his wife arrive at his apartment in Mayfair, central LondonPhotograph: Daniel Deme/EPAAsil Nadir addresses the media after arriving at his temporary home in central LondonPhotograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty ImagesTurkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir arrives with his wife Nur at the Old Bailey in London, 24 January 2012. Nadir appeared at court for the start of his trial on theft and fraud charges, linked to the failure of his Polly Peck fruit-to-electronics group, which folded in 1990 with debts of £1.3bn, one of Britain's biggest business failuresPhotograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
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