Posted In: and £5m mansion Posted In: Jailed drug baron now faces losing his fortune
Paul Yearsley, 44, lived in a £5m, Georgian-style mansion with swimming pool and cinema, off Chorley New Road in Bolton.
He has been jailed for five years and four months after a trial at Manchester Crown Court – and he now faces losing his home and luxury cars.
A court hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act is expected to take place this year.
Yearsley organised the hand over of drugs and recruited ‘couriers’ Tony Dixon, 39, and Frederick Hoyle, 61.
Yearsley, who had claimed a disability pension since he was 28, said he funded his lavish lifestyle by selling cars and properties. But he was caught out and arrested after detectives from the Serious and Organised Crime Agency mounted a year-long probe into his dealings.
He was arrested with Dixon and Hoyle at Middlebrook Retail Park in Horwich, Bolton, with 120kg of cannabis resin.
All three men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class B drugs. Members of their families wept as they were sent down."
Posted In: Puerto Banus on the Costa Del Sol
They are desperate to quiz him about the deaths of barman Tam Cameron, 49, and hoodlum Billy Bates, 43.
The Sunday Mail today reveals the fugitive's face in a bid to help track him down as sources claim he is living the high-life in a millionaire's playground in Spain.
Sources say Ferguson was smuggled out of the country by a gangland tycoon from Calton, in Glasgow.
He been hiding out in Puerto Banus on the Costa Del Sol where he has stayed one step ahead of Scottish detectives despite a warrant being issues for his arrest.
Meanwhile, the families of the victims in the double murder being probed by detectives hunting Ferguson are sti ll waiting for justice."
Posted In: £5.5m lottery winner flees Spain penniless as bank seizes villa and bar
The generous factory worker immediately shared his fortune with his many relatives, splashing out £370,000 to buy seven houses in the same street in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear so that they could be close together.
Eventually he moved with his family to Benidorm on Spain's Costa Blanca to make a new life."
£5.5m lottery winner flees Spain penniless as bank seizes villa and barSince the hard-drinking Geordie's's win, which put him at 61 on the Sunday Times rich list, fortune has not been kind to him.
His best friend died, and in 2000 he and his family fled Tyneside after thugs torched his house and his sister's car.
Then, in 2009, his beloved father was found hanged in the home his son bought him.
Before Lawrence returned home from Spain, he told friends on Facebook: 'I won the lottery 13 years ago and blew the lot so I have plenty of stories to tell.'
He added, worryingy, 'Mite have 6 grams of coke so I can chew me ear off watching Emmerdale.'
Lawrence's story echoes that of former binman Michael Carroll who turned up to collect his £9.7million win wearing an electronic offender's tag.
Nine years on, the self-styled King of Chavs, is back to where he started - on the dole after squandering his fortune on drugs, gambling and thousands of prostitutes.
But last year he insisted he is just as happy getting £42 a week in jobseeker's allowance.
Carroll said: 'The party has ended and it's back to reality. I haven't got two pennies to rub together and that's the way I like it. I find it easier to live off £42 dole than a million."
'It's a bit strange going on the dole again because that's what I was doing before I won.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1349792/5-5m-lottery-winner-flees-Spain-penniless-bank-seizes-villa-bar.html#ixzz1Bry864N3
Posted In: George Clooney: 2nd Celeb to Battle Malaria
George Clooney: 2nd Celeb to Battle Malaria -... | Gather: "George Clooney fell ill with Malaria for a second time! Clooney caught Malaria in Sudan and Piers Morgan tweeted about the actor's condition on Twitter. He's not the only celebrity who fell ill with Malaria. Cheryl Cole was also a victim.
This is the second time in less than a year that a celebrity has caught Malaria! Cheryl Cole became ill with Malaria last summer after vacationing with Derek Hough in Africa. Luckily, she survived the illness.
For Clooney, surviving Malaria is an easier task than for most Sudanese. With his celebrity status and top notched handlers, it's given that every situation can be taken care of. There is always a back up plan.
Taking the proper medication and having a team of doctors to observe his condition paid off. George Clooney is back on his feet. So, will these two incidents thwart other celebrities from vacationing and visiting Africa?
It's highly unlikely. With wealth comes a certain level of comfort. Celebrities have a lot of money. Something as trivial as Malaria isn't going to keep their need for adventure at bay!"
Posted In: amenities Posted In: Toll Brothers’ communities designed with luxury finishes
Toll Brothers’ communities designed with luxury finishes, amenities » Naples Daily News: "Within the gates of Toll Brothers’ Estero communities, residents enjoy a lifestyle equal to that in any of Southwest Florida’s luxury communities, with manicured tropical landscaping, a selection of resort-style amenities and numerous activities.
“Toll Brothers not only offers homes designed with luxury features and finishes, but we have also developed communities that provide a lifestyle that is comparable to the area’s most luxurious gated neighborhoods,” said Ken Thirtyacre, division president of Toll Brothers Florida West Division. “The difference is that we have maintained modest homeowner association fees.”
For example, Belle Lago, a single-family community on Estero Parkway with prices starting in the mid-$300,000s, has outstanding amenities that include a grand clubhouse with a multipurpose room, fitness center, aerobics studio, library/craft room, game room, card/TV lounge and locker rooms. Outdoor amenities include four Har-Tru clay tennis courts, a half-court basketball court, and a resort-style swimming pool. Walking trails wind throughout the community, its nature preserves and its five parks."
Posted In: Jamelia wins appeal against driving offence judge accepted she didn’t know she was being prosecuted for speeding because of her jet-set lifestyle.
Speed cameras captured her Audi Quattro being driven at 43mph on a road with a 30mph limit in the city just after midnight on August 15, 2009.
Notice of the speeding offence was then sent to the 30-year-old singer’s Birmingham home but she failed to respond to it and was eventually convicted by magistrates, in her absence, of a charge of failing to give information in relation to the identity of the driver.
Jamelia, whose surname is Davis, of Barnt Green, appeared at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday and appealed against the conviction and sentence."
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