R v. MD - Manchester Crown Court
A local businessman who ran a newsagent's business and had a property portfolio of 10 properties. He had been convicted of a conspiracy to supply Class A drugs where the prosecution tried to argue that the benefit should be assessed at £1.8 million which was the value of two separate drug conspiracies operated in two different localities (Bury and Salford). Our client always denied any involvement in the other conspiracy but had to concede that there was a relationship between the co-conspirators which involved a member of his family.
We undertook an extensive analysis of our client's business records and were able to show that a vast majority of his income had been derived from lawful and legitimate business activity. We also argued the relevance of the other drugs conspiracy and further representations were made which resulted in a confiscation order by agreement with a benefit and realisable asset figures being made at £34,000. This led to the defendant being able to save all of his properties with the ability to get on with the rest of his life.
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