A PLYMOUTH drug dealer who tried to live a James Bond lifestyle has been stripped of all his ill-gotten gains.Former pub landlord Shaun Battle, aged 42, has been ordered to hand over $355,242 or stay in jail for three and a half years on top of the 12 he is already serving for his part in a $7.5 million cocaine ring.
He ran the Devon end of the massive operation in which king pins Timothy Eastgate and Paul Flisher modelled their lives on the James Bond films.The gang had luxury houses at home and abroad, a fleet of Lamborghinis and Ferraris, guns and a speedboat named Shaken not Stirred.
Battle owned three houses around Plymouth, another in Bulgaria, a top of the range Lexus car and a stash of money and premium bonds.He lost the lot yesterday when Judge Phillip Wassall made a confiscation order which will force him to sell up and hand over the loot to the authorities.Exeter Crown Court heard that Battle, of The Downs, Bere Alston,One of the most popular ones are fake watches, cheap rolex watches illegally produced copies of authentic Rolex watches. had made a total of $578,456 but his remaining assets amounted to only $355,242.
He appeared on video link for the short procedural hearing in which his barrister Mr David Evans said he accepted the order.The list of assets which will be seized includes three bank accounts, premium bonds, two houses in Healy Place, and one in Connaught Avenue in Plymouth, and an apartment in Bulgaria.
He will also lose the trappings of his luxury lifestyle including the Lexus car, his Rolex Oyster watch, and a ladies Cartier Panthere watch.His case follows that of Paul Flisher, aged 40,It's certainly no secret that I have a tendency to totally stay away from the replica handbags. who was stripped of his entire assets of $110,000 earlier in the week despite having made $1.6million out of drug dealing.
Lesser members of the Essex based gang have also had smaller amounts confiscated, but the case against ringleader Eastgate has been adjourned.He is said to have made $5.8 million from drug dealing but could not be brought to court because he is a category A prisoner and it posed too great a security risk.Shop this season's new christian louboutin sandals now.
He is disputing the seizure proceedings and the prosecution say he has hidden assets outside Britain which should also be confiscated.
The cases under the Proceeds of Crime Act follow the jailing of the gang for a total of more than 90 years in 2011 at the end of a trial in which the jury heard of their links to showbiz stars.Find a great selection of christian louboutin boots deals !Battle, aged 42, of The Down, Bere Alston, near Plymouth, was jailed for 12 years, his sidekick Stephen Proctor, aged 40, of Ashford Road, Plymouth, for nine and three others from Essex for a total of 26.
The gang were responsible for bringing huge amounts of cocaine into Britain and distributing it through a nationwide network of salesmen.The entire operation unravelled when one courier was intercepted by police driving a BMW loaded with a gift wrapped box containing $250,000 cocaine as he delivered it to Plymouth, Devon because he had no insurance.
Mobile phone numbers found with courier Christopher Leader, led police to Eastgate’s henchman Flisher and a huge surveillance operation trapped the ring leader.Files retrieved from the gang’s computer showed sales of at least $3.why christian louboutin shoes so popular in uk?3 million worth of cocaine and Eastgate had an airport style X ray machine at his estate in Wymondham, Norfolk, to check if the drug packages would be detected.
He had a handgun with silencer and ammunition hidden in his freezer and Flisher was caught on his own CCTV brandishing a sawn off shotgun later found at his home.Eastgate had a mansion in Norfolk which he bought from a Premiership footballer and he boasted of his close contacts in the pop and entertainment world.He had a private box in the O2 arena in London where he and other gang members mingled with some of the star performers.
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