£1.5m but lives in a mansion
tle-blower, police said they found he has £500,000 in the bank and a fleet of luxury cars including a £70,000 Alfa Romeo Giulia, a £60,000 Range
Rover and a classic Daimler.
His existence in west Wales is “secretive”, neighbours have said and it seems few know about either
Danison the fraudster or Bijou the author. When we stopped by to speak to Bijou, a woman told us over the intercom between the gate and the house: “No reporters”. After being pressed further, she said: “He’s not here at the moment.”
However, police have now demanded he repay nearly £1.5m or be sent back to prison.
A judge at Birmingham Crown Court approved an order on April 13 that will see Bijou’s assets frozen. He must pay back £1.48m by the summer or he’ll have to serve a further sentence of over eight years.
Det Chief Insp Alex Pritchard, head of the economic crime unit, said: “It may be over a decade since we secured the initial confiscation order, but we never forget in our hunt to stop criminals benefitting from ill-gotten gains. Any unpaid sum hangs over a convicted criminal for the rest of their lives, in case further assets are identified.
“Once it was established Bijou had these, we set about working with the CPS on what is known as ‘uplift’ proceedings, to ensure he paid back the money owed.
“This is one of the largest, if not the largest amount, we’ve ever secured this way.
“It shows criminals we’ll never let up, even years on.”