Oliver Popplewell vice-chairman of the Parole Board, and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. In 1975 he defended his godson Stephen Fry, who was 18 at the time, at his trial for credit card fraud. Popplewell and his wife had long been friends of Fry's parents. Stephen Fry writes about the event in his autobiography "Moab Is My Washpot". Following the fire at Valley Parade, the Bradford City stadium, on 11 May 1985, Popplewell was chosen to chair an inquiry held under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975. Following this inquiry, he was chosen to chair a Committee of
Karen Roberts (television presenter) Karen Roberts (television presenter) Karen Roberts is a British-born television presenter. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Roberts was an in-vision continuity announcer and newsreader for Border Television in Carlisle. By 2002, she had joined the now defunct ITN News Channel (latterly "ITV News Channel") as a presenter and was also a regular anchor of the ITV Morning News on ITV1. Roberts also freelanced as an overnight shift presenter for Sky News. Formerly worked for RTTV in Moscow, Russia from 2005-2010. She then worked and presented on CCTV News in Beijing, China from 2010 to 2012. As of 2012,