Former Mishcon de Reya property partner Kevin Steele has been sentenced to five and a half years in jail after being found guilty of forgery and fraud offences in a €22m (£18.5m) loan scam.

Steele was sentenced by Mr Justice Wood at Southwark Crown Court earlier today (27 January) alongside his former client, property developer Michael Shephard, who has been sentenced to six years and three months in jail. Shephard has also been disqualified from acting as a company director for 15 years.