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Asset RecoveryMaidstone Crown Court

Crown’s £20.9 million confiscation claim reduced to £350,000

Outcome: Benefit determined at £350,000; hidden-assets case rejected

Following guilty pleas to drug trafficking offences and conspiracies, John contested the Crown’s claimed benefit of over £20.9 million. The court rejected the alleged hidden assets and determined the benefit at £350,000 — more than £20.6 million below the figure sought. This was a confiscation result following conviction, not an acquittal.

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Asset RecoveryInner London Crown Court · 2023

R v X — successful Newton hearing and nil confiscation

Outcome: Lower role accepted at sentencing; no assets confiscated

After guilty pleas to drug-supply conspiracies and acquiring criminal property, John successfully challenged the role alleged by the prosecution at a Newton hearing. His client was sentenced on the accepted defence basis. In subsequent contested confiscation proceedings involving UK and overseas property, vehicles and bank funds, no money or assets were confiscated. These results concern sentencing and confiscation, not an acquittal.

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Asset RecoveryGreater Manchester Police v X · 2025

Seized jewellery returned

Outcome: Forfeiture case withdrawn

Instructed through Direct Access, John made written representations concerning jewellery seized in a proceeds-of-crime investigation. Police withdrew the forfeiture case and returned items valued at £27,000.

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