Hubby Forged Signature on Loan Application, Pocketed £48,000 In Mortgage Proceeds, Says Estranged Wife

In Wales, United Kingdom, the South Wales Echo reports:

• A CAR dealer accused of forging his wife’s signature on a £48,000 loan application after she left him owned a Porsche, two Spanish villas and a £1m house at the time, a court has heard. Businessman Nigel Bowen, 52, admitted he had since been declared bankrupt, but said he had plenty of money options in 2006 when the mortgage advance – which needed to be signed by both of them – was taken out with Northern Rock.

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• Melanie Underwood, who married him in 2003, last week told the jury that the first she knew about the £48,477 added to the existing mortgage was when she asked the company for a redemption figure because she intended to get a divorce. A handwriting expert said her signature on the application form was a forgery.

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