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Aug. 12--OSCAR'S SUMMER OF DISCONTENT: It hasn't been a good summer for Oscar Owide, once reputedly the "biggest pimp in Britain" and now facing charges brought by the Department of Trade and Industry. On top of his Companies Act woes, a couple of weeks ago his wife Janette (or Jeanette or Jeannette, depending on which company you look up) failed in an attempt to sue a Cape Town hotel for UKpound 22,000 after slipping on a marble floor. I also learn son Daniel has just seen his pubs company Cindini go in
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