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Her bank card had been used to make a series of £300 cash withdrawals from ATMs in the Essex town of South Benfleet, near Mr Hiller's office.

The Harpers, from South Benfleet, Essex, described how Christopher had taught them things they never would have known without his lessons.

He was jailed for seven years, while Sean and Shiza Harper, of Benfleet Park Road, South Benfleet in Essex, and Martin, of Evelyn Denington Road, Plaistow in east London, were given 30-month sentences.

Representing himself during the trial, Sean Harper, from South Benfleet, Essex, said the group had been in Chelmsford to "shed light" on "fraudulent" activities taking place at the court.

Sean and Shiza Harper, from South Benfleet in Essex, and the other defendants all deny conspiracy to kidnap and conspiracy to commit false imprisonment.