Philip Smith criminal Wikipedia
And weighing 22 stone, with a dishevelled appearance and a soft West Country accent, he was considered gentle by those he met. When the real estate market crashed in the late 1980s Phil went out on his own and established the Phillip L. Smith Company. He worked very hard to rescue the monetary investments of the former employees of Pacific Rim Development Corporation and was successful. At that point, as empty nesters, Phil and Julie sold their home and property in Alamo and purchased 40 acres in Acampo to grow wine grapes and build their dream home. Phil still maintained an office in Danville which he shared with partners William Kartozian and Richard Jeha. Alan Hall was convicted of murder in 1986 and spent 19 years in prison for the crime. When Phillip John Smith left a Waikato prison on approved temporary leave in 2014 no one suspected that within days he would be leading authorities on an international man hunt. Detectives also investigated the death of a woman who had been a c...