In august 2003, a visitor to the Chelms-ford music festival unwisely sold a small amount of ecstasy to two undercover police officers. Although easy to prove in court, the crime was not very profitable, so the guilty man may have been surprised to learn that prosecutors were attempting to seize his home. Under English law, they did not have to prove that his wealth derived from drug dealing, merely that he had a "criminal lifestyle". One year and several court hearings later, the two sides settled on a payment of £5,000.
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