Bargain Hunt art expert pleads guilty following police investigation into terrorist financing

An art dealer who featured on the television show Bargain Hunt has pleaded guilty following a police investigation into terrorist financing.

Oghenochuko 'Ochuko' Ojiri, 53, has pleaded guilty to eight counts of failing to make a disclosure during the course of business within the regulated sector, contrary to section 21A of the Terrorism Act 2000.

Westminster Magistrates' Court heard he sold art to a known Hezbollah financier to a value of about £140,000.

Ojiri, from west London, has been bailed ahead of his sentencing at the Old Bailey on 6 June.

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