| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Dingo |
Posted - 26/06/2008 : 18:57:11
Taxing time for Brighton sex star
A prostitute described as a "sex goddess" failed to pay up to £15,000 of tax on her earnings, a court heard.
Angela Nangle, 56, worked as an "erotic services provider" from a luxury flat on the seafront near the Palace Pier, Brighton.
She advertised her "body worship" business in the press and on the internet, charging £150 an hour or £600 a night.
Under the pseudonym Letitcia, Nangle wrote a book entitled Body Worship: True Stories Of A Sex Goddess about her life and sold copies on the internet.
But she was a tax "ghost", with the Inland Revenue having no record at all of her earnings, a jury at Hove Crown Court was told yesterday.
Nangle, of Marine Parade, Brighton, denies knowingly evading tax by failing to declare income liable to tax between 2002 and 2006.
The court heard that the amount of unpaid tax she owed was estimated at between £9,000 and £15,000 over the four years.
She told tax investigators she at first believed the work she did was illegal and so was not liable to tax.
Nangle said when she found out that working alone as a prostitute is not illegal she was still unsure about her tax status.
Nicholas Hamblin, prosecuting, said: "This is a case of someone failing to notify the Revenue that they are earning.
"It is about someone earning money and failing to notify the authorities of their existence.
"This lady was involved in working in the sex industry as a provider of sexual services.
"In interview she said she was a provider of erotic services. Another way of putting that would be prostitution. It must have been obvious that she was earning income from a trade and there is no issue in that in law. Earnings from the sex industry as a trade are liable to taxation."
The court heard Nangle had worked as a cleaner and then a filing clerk for the Inland Revenue in Cambridge between 1974 and 1977.
She had then moved to Spain and later to Australia before returning to Brighton in 1992.
Revenue and Customs investigator Yvonne Kelly said she began looking into Nangle's finances in December 2005.
Nangle's bank accounts revealed she had earned between £25,000 and £40,000 in the three years from 2003 to 2005.
Tom Allen, defending, asked Mrs Kelly if there were any tax records for Nangle when she worked for the Inland Revenue.
He said: "She had worked for the Revenue but somehow that had not been recorded anywhere officially?"
Mrs Kelly replied: "It had but this was a long time ago and we do not keep records for more than six years."
The trial continues.
5:53pm today |
| 30 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| BLONDIE |
Posted - 05/07/2008 : 15:01:06
Q: What do you get when you cross a computer with a prostitute?
A: A f***ing know it all.
Corrected spelling error |
| Daveb |
Posted - 05/07/2008 : 05:44:40
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| letitcia |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 20:59:01
Dave, would you happen to have 'TRICK OF THE LIGHT' by The Who?
Brill song, which encapsulates the feelings of the male patron....
L |
| Daveb |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 18:51:50
Almost the name and occupation, too much of a coincidence? |
| Daveb |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 18:37:17
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| letitcia |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 18:10:54
quote:
Originally posted by BLONDIE
....................or possibly,
Buy one, get one free ?
No such thing as a free 'lunch' Blondie......
L |
| thedelboy |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 15:50:43
Letiticia I regard you as a lady when we meet in James st you are always friendly and nice, I hope you continue to be the same after my failed attempt at jockularity |
| BLONDIE |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 13:56:44
....................or possibly,
Buy one, get one free ? |
| letitcia |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 08:24:41
quote:
Originally posted by BLONDIE
Keeping up with the modern trend. Just a thought !
No Deposit. No Interest. Up to FOUR YEARS to pay.
Yes, and may i point out that i will be a chuffing pensioner by then!!!
I thought this government was against exploitation of women/prostitution...because of the degradation involved.
That'll be them making a special test case (AGAIN) for just little ol' me then!!!
L |
| BLONDIE |
Posted - 03/07/2008 : 23:35:22
Keeping up with the modern trend. Just a thought !
No Deposit. No Interest. Up to FOUR YEARS to pay.
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| No Expert |
Posted - 03/07/2008 : 01:00:00
What? R Kelly has killed himself?
I shall have a pee in his honour this evening! |
| thedelboy |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 17:58:24
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| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 17:47:18
quote:
Originally posted by letitcia
Blimey, after offers like that, prostitution seems to me very attractive again!!
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| letitcia |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 17:17:43
Blimey, after offers like that, prostitution seems to me very attractive again!! |
| BLONDIE |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 14:43:32
............or you could come and look after my Kookaburra ! |
| thedelboy |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 10:28:43
I could do with a baby sitter |
| letitcia |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 09:46:53
I thought maybe it was because i was found not guilty.
When i get myself well, i think i may have to take an ad out in the Argus for a respectable bloomin' job.
L |
| Furzewick |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 09:21:02
Here is a Google page.
http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=uk&q=Angela+Nangle&btnG=Search+News
Even offers a news alert. |
| Tombstone Blues |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 09:05:50
Excellent song! |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 08:46:23
The first is still there Letitcia: http://www.arguslite.co.uk/mostpopular.var.2365730.mostviewed.taxing_time_for_brighton_sex_star.php ...
and so is the second: http://theargus.co.uk/mostpopular.var.2366908.mostviewed.hooker_dodges_tax_fraud_conviction.php
Sometimes the server can return an 404 file not found error just because it cannot connect in time.
PS: I'm with Daveb on Dr Kelly ... I don't think the man committed suicide. |
| letitcia |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 08:38:51
'Bloudy hell' as Del boy would say, that was the song on my 'playlist' on the morn of the start of my trial.
Along with, some angry: Rage against the Machine, and then for a bit of levity: Tenacious D, rounding off with Kevin Bloody Wilson.
My Barrister and myself sang a few bars together of the KBW classic: 'Do yer f*ck on first dates, does yer dad own a brewery..' in the conference room/corridor (i hope nobody heard us)
V important to have a leagle beagle who likes the same music!!!
As for conspiracy theory, here is one for you: On a google search, if one wrote my cilvilian name, or even Letitcia, it led to the two Argus stories and news feeds around the world, with the titles, TAXING TIME FOR BRIGHTON SEX STAR and HOOKER DODGES TAX FRAUD (The argus at its finest).
Now they have all mysteriously disappeared.
Any techie out there that can explain?? |
| Daveb |
Posted - 01/07/2008 : 20:03:45
I am sure you are one who the b'tards won't grind down.
Dr Kelly may have been hounded but IMHO he was murdered, conspiracy theory and all that.
I like this song.
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| letitcia |
Posted - 01/07/2008 : 11:13:11
So TB, what you are saying is that we are all grist to the mill for political posturing and expediency?
BUT THAT WAS OVER TWO YEARS OF MISERY AND TERROR THAT I CAN NEVER CLAW BACK!!!
Now i know how that Dr David Kelly bloke (the suicide victim)felt at being hounded to death.
L |
| Tombstone Blues |
Posted - 01/07/2008 : 07:40:46
'As many of my wonderful friends have opined: 'Crumbs,what on EARTH have you done to enrage them so?'
All part of the New Puritanism, Tish |
| letitcia |
Posted - 01/07/2008 : 03:08:52
quote:
Originally posted by No Expert
At least one good thing has come of this. LT will be reading this and be DYING to post, but can't. I can see him climbing the walls of his victorian workhouse now, whilst children as young as 6 stitch Gucci labels onto wallets for him.
Re: Tax. Skipping it is the best, and why not? Have you seen what utter crimes hedge funds get away with tax wise? They're hard done by to pay 10%. They're the people who should be pursued, end of.
Ah, NE, always one of my favourite posters.
Yes, the discrimination is quite breathtaking....as a white, middleaged man owing multi millions (with Swiss bank accounts) i would be issued an amnesty and the very merest of patted wrist.
This was a 'crushing a butterfly on a wheel' scenario.
As many of my wonderful friends have opined: 'Crumbs,what on EARTH have you done to enrage them so??'
I am buggered if i know.
L |
| No Expert |
Posted - 01/07/2008 : 00:57:37
At least one good thing has come of this. LT will be reading this and be DYING to post, but can't. I can see him climbing the walls of his victorian workhouse now, whilst children as young as 6 stitch Gucci labels onto wallets for him.
Re: Tax. Skipping it is the best, and why not? Have you seen what utter crimes hedge funds get away with tax wise? They're hard done by to pay 10%. They're the people who should be pursued, end of. |
| letitcia |
Posted - 29/06/2008 : 19:56:33
Priceless Dave......
L |
| Daveb |
Posted - 29/06/2008 : 19:35:07
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| Anubis |
Posted - 29/06/2008 : 17:43:21
I have found this a fascinating little post. Firstly, I'm 100% supportive of you, Letitcia, (although I'd never heard of you before this) and delighted you've 'seen off' those who would denigrate you). You must be an amazing person -- and if clients are happy to part with £600 for a night with you, you must indeed be something special. (Both you and your clients are well out of my league. Even in my youthful days, I'd never have been able to cope with that level of 'performance' ... and certainly never had that sort of cash to hand over.)
Again, in my younger days I never paid for the sensual pleasures of life and anyway was never particularly a 'star' in that area, but on arriving in the UK in the early 1950s, worked for several years on the London buses, route 19. So I used to take lots of the working girls to work (around Piccadilly) and got to know several, just chatting on the journey. They were always cracking personalities and it was one of the highlights of being a London bus conductor. A few years later, being a 'political person', I met up with CLR James and his wife Selma, who (as I'm sure you know) later became a bit of a celebrity fighting for the rights of working girls.
It's an area where very little progress seems to have been made --- and doesn't warrant the headlines much. But it's great to have you on the forum, Letitcia (and it would be interesting to know to origin of that name -- even though, no doubt the answer will prove to be boringly trivial.
A spin off has been the stuff relating to BLONDIE and his birds. There is a special part in my memories related to kookaburras; I spent my childhood years on a small farm in the Adelaide hills. Alongside the homestead was a row of almond trees and I was woken every morning by the kookaburras. In fact, it's the most vivid single memory of my childhood. (Sorry, I know this has nothing to do with you, Letiticia!)
Keep posting! |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 29/06/2008 : 14:34:20
Sorry Blondie ... both for the spelling mistake and for mistakenly referring to Kookie as a butcher-bird. |
