Terence George Adams.
15.Mr Adams prepared two witness statements dated 4 June 2012 and 28 August 2013 exhibited to which were many documents. The statements set out the detail of the criminal proceedings together with the financial investigations and reporting which took place before and subsequent to the hearing in 2007. Mr Adams stated that he has been the subject of a protracted police operation which investigated every aspect of his life and financial dealings. He has also been subject to a detailed and rigorous enquiry led by the Special Investigations Unit of the Legal Services Commission who were making enquiries regarding the making of a Recovery of Defence Costs Order. He described this as “intense financial scrutiny” by the police and the Special Investigations Unit. Since March 2007 Mr Adams has made financial reports; initially to the Serious Organised Crime Agency, now to its successor the National Crime Agency (“NCA”), Mr Adams and his wife co-operated fully throughout the sale process of Fallowfield, any delay was not of their making. They provided total co-operation with the work of the Receiver in the realisation of the remaining assets. There is no dispute as to co-operation of Mr and Mrs Adams in the realisation of assets.16.As at August 2013 Mr Adams and his wife were living in a one bedroomed rented flat. The rent was paid by Mrs Adams using income which she had received for design work. Terence Adams receives no state benefit as he has not made sufficient National Insurance contributions. He has tried to find employment. In his oral evidence Terence Adams repeated his written assertion that he had no income, no realisable assets, no hidden assets and was wholly dependent upon his wife for money. He was frustrated by this, it led to arguments between them. Employment17.Following his release in 2010 Terence Adams began working for a jewellery company, Universal Imports, in Hatton Garden, London. The principal of the company is Mr