British property tycoon Nicholas van Hoogstraten has been jailed for ten years at the Old Bailey in London today for the manslaughter of business rival Mohammed Raja.
The tycoon (57) was convicted in July of the manslaughter of Mr Raja after they fell out over a property deal.
The prosecution said he sent in two hitmen who shot and stabbed Mr Raja at his home in Sutton, Surrey, in July 1999. David Croke (59) and Robert Knapp (55) were found guilty of murder and jailed for life.
Lawyers for van Hoogstraten earlier argued his trial had left open several grounds for appeal.
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Van Hoogstraten, bespectacled and wearing a grey suit, sat silently in the dock of the Old Bailey's court number two.
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