R v Panayi

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) [2019] EWCA Crim 413, Lord Justice Males, Mr Justice Stuart-Smith and His Honour Judge Marks QC, the Common Serjeant (sitting as a Judge of the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division), 27 February 2019

Crime - Sentence - Confiscation orders - Basis of conviction - Benefit from criminal conduct - Planning control - Enforcement notices - Non-compliance - Property income - Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c 8), section 179(6) (as substituted by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c 34) Part I, sections 8, 21) - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c 29), section 76(3)(4).

Mr Panayi appealed against a confiscation order imposed following his conviction for breach of a planning Enforcement Notice under section 6(5)(b) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and against the sentence imposed of a fine.