Jonathan Nuttall tried to intimidate National Crime Agency lawyers over seizure of assets worth £1.4m
A man suspected of being involved in an international money-laundering ring has been jailed for more than eight years for targeting two National Crime Agency lawyers in a bomb plot.
Jonathan Nuttall was convicted of conspiring with his driver Michael Sode and a former Royal Marine, Michael Broddle, to plant two devices in London’s legal district.
A four-month trial at the Old Bailey heard Nuttall had been pursued by the NCA over the seizure of assets worth £1.4m. He came up with the plan to target the NCA lawyers Andrew Sutcliffe KC and Anne Jeavons after becoming upset at the prospect of losing his stately home in Hampshire.
The court heard he used Sode as a “middleman” to recruit Broddle to carry out research and reconnaissance on the lawyers. Broddle was accused of bringing his sons in to help with the plan, which culminated on 14 September 2021 when he planted two devices at Gray’s Inn in London – the heart of the English legal district.
Judge Mayo, sentencing on Friday, said: “In my judgment, this was a malicious, bold and extremely serious attack on those involved in the administration of justice.
“Your agreed purpose was to undermine the administration of justice. I am entirely satisfied that you intended serious harm to be occasioned by your agreed course of conduct. It is patently clear that the leaving of those devices would inevitably cause widespread alarm and disruption.”
Nuttall and Sode were found guilty of two charges of conspiring with Broddle to place an article with intent on or before 14 September 2021. The three were convicted of conspiring to transfer criminal property. Nuttall was convicted of two charges of failing to comply with a notice and Sode was found guilty of one similar charge.
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