The ‘benefit’ which the defendant had obtained from the illegal drugs imported by the defendant was nil because that which could not lawfully be bought and sold had no market value.
Citations:
[2006] EWCA Crim 621
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Regina v Dore CACD 19-Dec-1996
A confiscation order was to be made. The judge included the purchase price of the drugs forfeited.
Held: As the drugs had been forfeited they were no longer the property of the former owner. So he was in no position to realise that property as . .
Cited by:
Overruled – Islam, Regina v HL 10-Jun-2009
The defendant appealed against a confiscation order saying that it should not have been set at values which reflected the black market value of the drugs he had imported.
Held: The appeal failed. The court could take account of the illegal . .
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Updated: 19 November 2022; Ref: scu.278936