A trial date has been set for a Southwick dealer who faces dozens of fraud charges relating to deals involving gold, watches and high-value jewellery.
Jamie Goatley, 49, appeared before Judge Alexander Milne at Southwark Crown Court this morning (Friday 27 March) by video link from Lewes Prison where he is being held on remand.
Goatley is accused of conning 24 people who trusted him to sell their valuables and faces 28 charges.
He is expected to face a jury from Monday 5 October in a trial that is expected to take up to six weeks.
Brighton and Hove News reported in March last year that he had been arrested but, because of newly developed privacy law, we were not able to name him.
The charge sheet shows that two people – Thelma Lewis and Simon Turnbull – were allegedly scammed out of tens of thousands of pounds after this date.
Three more – Shelley Gorys, Martin Jukes and Cagri Yilmaz – are said to have been conned during a period which started before his arrest but ended several months after it.
The charges allege that in some cases he did not pay the agreed commission, in others he melted down gold coins and, in others, the valuables simply can’t now be traced.
In one case, the Crown said that he offered to repair Richard Harbond’s Rolex but he instead sold it within 48 hours and fabricated repair bills.
Goatley, of Roman Crescent, appeared at Brighton Magistrates’ Court last month and was immediately committed to the crown court.
The victims in the 24 fraud charges and the items he is said to have committed the offences with are
- Kevin Amphlett – high value jewellery
- Thomas Anderson – gold coins
- Elizabeth Baldwin – rings
- David Boines – six watches
- David Broman – a Rolex watch
- Nicole Burdett – a Rolex
- Adam Charzynski – Rolex Daytona and Omega Seamaster
- Sunee Chierakul – diamonds and jewellery
- Shelley Gorys – Patek Philippe watch
- Maria Guven – coins and a watch
- Richard Harbord – Rolex Daytona
- Carol Jones – unspecified items
- Martin Jukes – rings and a scooter
- Marc Aurele Jules – Panerai watch
- Amanda Shiqi Liu – Patek Philippe watches
- Alexandru Moisii – Patek Philippe Nautilus
- Jane Paget – Rolex Submariner
- Cagri Yilmaz – seven watches
- Thelma Lewis – gold jewellery
- Simon Turnbull – two 1kg gold bars
- Barry White – Patek Phillipe watch
- Kerry Tomkins – two rings
- Neha Surana – jewellery
- Ian Rushton – Rolex Dayton
He is also charged with converting criminal property – namely high-value watches, jewellery, gold and other valuables belonging to others from September 2022 to August 2024.
And a 26th charge alleges that between the same dates, he used criminally acquired money – the proceeds of the above alleged crimes – as his own.
Today, the court was told that a 27th count and a 28th count had been added to the indictment – or charge sheet. Both counts also alleged that Goatley “converted criminal property”.
When he appeared at the magistrates’ court, he did not enter a plea. He was sent to the crown court in custody and was remanded in custody again today.
He is next due before the court on Friday 5 June.
Those victims affected by Goatley should contact the police quoting operation Kettle which all his crimes are being tagged under.