article_snippet.sent: Fraudster Richard Williams, 54, had spent £50,000 of the cash turning a canal narrowboat into a replica German Second World War submarine with torpedo tubes and a periscope.
article_snippet.sent: A previous hearing had been told that  Richard Williams had indulged Richard Williams passion for boats by building the replica sub on which Richard Williams had posed in a captain's uniform.
article_snippet.sent: Six months earlier Richard Williams had been spotted on a canal in Liverpool dressed as a German submarine commander.
article_snippet.sent: All aboard: Captain Birdseye lookalike Richard Williams on the narrowboat Richard Williams spent £50,000 on to convert into a German submarine.
article_snippet.sent: An unusual sight: Richard Williams became notorious on the canal system around Yorkshire and Lancashire after  kitting out Richard Williams replica German U-boat with torpedo tubes and periscope, and posing in a captain’s uniform .
highlights_snippet.sent: Captain Birdseye lookalike Richard Williams spent £50,000 on Captain Birdseye lookalike Richard Williams U-boat .
  