Brandish, of Wallingford, denied the offences, but was convicted of three counts of fraud by abuse of position by Oxford magistrates.

A Brandish spokesman said: "We're thrilled to have Coventry Copsewood on board."

Didn't he brandish the invisible card in the Goodison derby when he felt he should have had a foul and led to him receiving his first yellow card?

Armed police were called to search homes after a man in his 20s brandished a Second World War sub-machine gun outside a pub.

A man who brandished a large knife at an off duty police officer in the street was spared jail yesterday.

The jury took five days to reject the prosecution case that Spencer was ready to sell undercover officers a consignment of drugs, with Mr Brandish acting as his agent.

Mr Colman Treacy QC, prosecuting, told Birmingham Crown Court: "In the autumn of 1997 police in the Nuneaton area set up an undercover operation, the purpose of which was to monitor the activities of Spencer and Brandish and secondly, later on, an operation to infiltrate, get inside, the drugs organisation."

David Brandish and his wife Maureen described their terrifying ordeal at the hands of three men who threatened to shoot them.

Businessman David Brandish and his wife Maureen described their terrifying ordeal at the hands of three men who threatened to shoot them.

Businessman David Brandish and his wife Maureen Brandish described their terrifying ordeal at the hands of three men who threatened to shoot them.

Company boss David Brandish, a former West Midlands ambulance driver, was today left counting the cost of the attack.

Sheila has been based in the parts division at W Brandish and Sons, in Raglan Street, Hillfields.

SHOCKED David and Maureen Brandish thought they were in hot water when a Severn Trent bill for nearly pounds 16,000 dropped through their door.

Walter Brandish served on Coventry City Council for more than 20 years and followed his interest in disadvantaged people by chairing its social services committee.