Stealing the name of a man he had stolen from and getting arrested on the Tarmac at Gatwick as he arrived home from a honeymoon paid for by a company from which he had been siphoning money from, are two of the more incredible lines in a quite astonishing story.

But though it is easy to laugh at the adventures of Big Chris – the nickname he picked up while on the run in Sudbury – there are some serious issues that need addressing.

Prominent among those is whether or not this man, described as a professional conman by his former bosses, deceived anyone here in Sudbury.

We have heard that he was keen on helping out the elderly, but how far did this go? We would like anyone who feels they may have been deceived by Turner to contact us here.

Three-and-a-half years he lived in Sudbury before his past caught up with him, but those years remain a relative mystery.

We know he liked watching AFC Sudbury and was a regular at The Angel but further details are worryingly sketchy.

We are a trusting bunch that live here and it would be sickening to think someone had taking advantage of that trust.


SO English football is in the doldrums again they say – it's little wonder when you hear tales like the one I was told on Monday.

My colleague Nicki's two sons both play football for AFC Sudbury's youth teams on Sundays and she reliably informs me that one opposition manager told a group of under-10s that they should be ashamed of themselves because they had ONLY managed a 0-0 draw. It beggars belief
These sort of idiots need to be thrown out of the game.

At that age football should be enjoyed. Children should be allowed to try new skills without the threat of a raging coach looming over them if they make a mistake.

Otherwise, all we are going to get is players too scared to keep possession of the ball and more comfortable hoofing it up field as fast as they can... remind you of anyone?

Oh, and that applies to screaming parents as well.