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By Nick Sommerlad Businessman Doug Barrowman has arrived at his trial in Spain this morning on charges including corporate tax evasion. There was no sign of his wife Baroness Mone at the court in Santander on the first day of a five-day trial which could see the Scot jailed for up to five and a half years if found guilty. It comes as Mr Barrowman and Baroness Mone, 52, are separately under investigation by the UK’s National Crime Agency for alleged fraud, related to the awarding of more than £200m in VIP lane contracts in 2020 to PPE Medpro, a company they were both closely linked to. The Span…

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