The lawyer who handled Thaksin Shinawatra's sale of Manchester City has been sentenced to three years in prison for breach of trust after three billion baht of the transfer funds disappeared.
The National newspaper of Dubai reported that the lawyer, identified only as "KM, 45" years old, was acquitted on charges of embezzlement and forgery.
The National described him as "an Emirati partner and manager of a well-known Dubai law firm".
