THE former chief executive of a West Midlands football club admitted avoiding duty on 21.3m fake cigarettes.

Guy Simpson, who ran Halesowen Town in the Southern League Premier Division, pleaded guilty to tax evasion at Southampton Crown Court in avoiding the duty on £5.3m worth of cigarettes.

Customs estimated that the amount of duty he avoided paying was £4.5m.

The Regal brand cigarettes were discovered in two cargo containers on board a ship which arrived in Southampton from China in December 200......for the full story register now for free or login below...