Tycoon and Polly Peck thief Asil Nadir dies aged 83, lawyer says Turkish Cypriot businessman and former fugitive Asil Nadir has died aged 83, his British lawyer has said.
Once one of Britain’s richest men and a Conservative Party donor, Nadir was convicted in August 2012 of theft amounting to £28.8 million from his Polly Peck International (PPI) business empire in the late 1980s.
Born in Lefke, Cyprus, in 1941, Mr Nadir sold newspapers on the streets aged six before moving to London with his family.
Mr Nadir’s British lawyer, Giles Bark-Jones, confirmed his death to the PA news agency.
He fled Britain for his native Northern Cyprus in May 1993 but returned voluntarily in August 2010 to clear his name and face trial.