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Former TOWIE star Lewis Bloor cleared of being part of £3million diamond scam

FORMER The Only Way is Essex star Lewis Bloor has been cleared of being part of a £3million diamond scam after his trial collapsed yesterday.

Bloor, 31, and five other men were acquitted after prosecutors did not properly disclose evidence.

Ex-The Only Way is Essex star Lewis Bloor has been cleared of being part of a £3million diamond scam after his trial collapsed yesterday
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Ex-The Only Way is Essex star Lewis Bloor has been cleared of being part of a £3million diamond scam after his trial collapsed yesterdayCredit: PA

He had denied conspiracy to defraud between May 2013 and July 2014.

Victims were allegedly conned into buying coloured diamonds at a 600 per cent mark up.

Bloor, of Buckhurst Hill, Essex, said after the trial at Southwark crown court, London: “The hardest thing about this has been the onslaught of death threats.”

Bloor said: 'The hardest thing about this has been the onslaught of death threats'
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Bloor said: 'The hardest thing about this has been the onslaught of death threats'Credit: PA:Press Association
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