Jimbo 133 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 The former boss of a no-win no-fee compensation firm which told its 2,500 staff by text they would not be paid has been killed in a car crash. Mark Langford, 43, from Cheshire, fled to the continent after Manchester-based The Accident Group (TAG) collapsed with debts of £100m in May 2003. Mr Langford's car was involved in an accident in the Spanish resort of Marbella on Monday. He was being sought by HM Revenue and Customs for £4.1m in unpaid tax. It is thought the businessman was at the wheel when his car went off the motorway near the resort. He died in hospital later. No other cars were thought to be involved and police have started an investigation into the cause of the incident. Bankruptcy hearing Mr Langford famously informed TAG staff that they were out of a job in a text message which read: "Urgent. Unfortunately salaries not paid. Please do not contact office. Full details to follow later...." In March, a bankruptcy petition hearing against Mr Langford was adjourned at London's High Court and was due to resume on 1 May. In addition to this action, The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) was seeking to disqualify Mr Langford as a director. His wife Deborah was also included in the DTI action. Three other former directors are already disqualified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35507 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Aye saw this. At the end of the day, it's not nice that someone's karked it in a crash at a relatively young age, but he sounds a bit of a twat. Poetic justice would have been if he'd lost control of the car whilst trying to send a text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty 0 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Aye saw this. At the end of the day, it's not nice that someone's karked it in a crash at a relatively young age, but he sounds a bit of a twat. Poetic justice would have been if he'd lost control of the car whilst trying to send a text. Or if someone had told him by text that he was going to die, and while reading the text his car loses control.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted April 10, 2007 Author Share Posted April 10, 2007 Poetic justice would have been if he'd lost control of the car whilst trying to send a text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13915 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Poetic Tragedy tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 It's just another tosser that managed drive too fast and kill himself (probably with a fast car bought with other peoples money), I can't be doing with the trend to make people that die suddenly saintly and their deaths a great tragedy (to their family yes, perhaps, to everyone else nope), The world is probably a better place without him, if he wouldn't have liked that epitaph, well..... he should have thought of that sooner..... Can't all no win no fee people be dealt with in a similar way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9233 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 (edited) is a tragestice oh and this is schadenfreude, which is fast replacing sesquipedalian as my favourite word.... Edited April 10, 2007 by The Fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 is a tragestice oh and this is schadenfreude, which is fast replacing sesquipedalian as my favourite word.... Tragesty surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9233 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Tragedy Poetic Justice Tragedypoeticjustice I am Win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 (edited) Tragedy Poetic Justice Tragedypoeticjustice I am Win That's a complete tradjusty. Edited April 10, 2007 by Fop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Actually given that the guy had knocked down and killed someone in 2000 maybe it was poetic justice: In 2000, William Thornley, 73, died when he was knocked down by Mr Langford's Ferrari near Manchester United's Old Trafford ground. Mr Langford was fined £1,000 after being found guilty of careless driving but was cleared of causing death by dangerous driving. He was earlier banned for 22 months for drink-driving and had only had his licence returned to him six months before the fatal crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26803 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 How can he be guilty of careless driving yet not be found responsible for the guy's death? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza 105 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Karma at work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 0 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Is it just me, or does anyone else think he's done the awesomely cool thing of faking his own death? It's one way to get a tax debt to disappear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Would one of his former employees still be able to sue him if they twisted their ankle dancing on his grave? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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