THE former girlfriend of a man involved in a drugs plot may lose her £95,000 home in Colne, a court was told.
Victoria White is the former partner of Glen Liversidge, 44, who is currently behind bars for three years after he was said to have been the leader in a plot to sell amphetamine on the streets of East Lancashire.
Burnley Crown Court heard how Liversidge put a £10,000 deposit down on Miss White's house at Castercliffe Bank and there was evidence he paid the mortgage when he was able.
Police are now trying to determine how much cash Liversidge has made from supplying drugs and Miss White's home, where she lives with her son, may be considered part of it.
The house was bought for £69,000 with a mortgage of £58,500 and is now worth £95,000. Her mortgage payments are being met by benefits.
Miss White was yesterday advised by a judge to seek legal advice as a drug trafficking hearing was adjourned against Liversidge and his accomplice David Hancox, 39.
Judge Raymond Bennett told Miss White her home had gone up in value. He went on :"I have to warn you there is a serious risk the house will be considered part of the benefits of drug trafficking. You might lose it."
The judge told Miss White, who was earlier given a conditional discharge after admitting possessing amphetamine, she might want to raise money to pay Liversidge's interest in the property so she would not lose it.
Martin Hackett, Liversidge's counsel, told the court the defendant had never lived at Castercliffe Bank and as far as he was concerned it was Miss White's property.
Liversidge, of Wren Street, and Hancox, his sister's long term boyfriend, of St Cuthbert's Street, both Burnley, were last December convicted of conspiracy to supply amphetamine after a trial. Hancox was jailed for two years.
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