Daniel Bailey has been told to pay up £194,370 by a court. If he fails to hand over the money within six months, he will face a three-year jail term.

Daniel Bailey (35) avoided prison when he received a 26-week suspended sentence after pleading guilty to producing cannabis.But following a separate investigation into his finances by police, he has been told to pay up £194,370 by a court. If he fails to hand over the money within six months, he will face a three-year jail term.During a hearing brought by police under the Proceeds of Crime Act, Lincoln Crown Court was told officers swooped on Bailey's home, near Spalding, on August 5, 2005.
They searched the property and found 22 cannabis plants growing among the flowers in his back garden.More cannabis seedlings were discovered in a shed, and two small lumps of the drug were seized in the house.Bailey was subsequently convicted of production of cannabis, which triggered the probe into his financial affairs.The further enquiries showed that in the six years before his arrest, Bailey had claimed incapacity benefit and income support to the tune of more than £21,000, to which he was not entitled.Despite having no legitimate income, Bailey managed to buy two houses during this time and enjoyed numerous trips abroad, including three holidays in Jamaica and Spain taken over a nine-month period.A trawl through his credit card records revealed he had also splashed out on equipment used in the cultivation of cannabis.After hearing three days of evidence earlier this month, Recorder Ebraham Mooncey made a confiscation order against Bailey, of School Crescent, Surfleet.
Delivering his judgement, Recorder Mooncey said Bailey had earned £241,402.25 from his criminal operation, and ordered £194,370.74 be confiscated.Lincolnshire police financial investigator Graeme Baker said: "The confiscation order obtained against Daniel Grayson Bailey is a clear message that Lincolnshire police will use the full weight of the proceeds of Crime Act 2002 against anyone who is convicted of an acquisitive or a drug-trafficking offence."It is not acceptable in any society that criminals should enjoy and flaunt the proceeds of their unlawful activity.
"Lincolnshire police continues to reassure the public, through a robust application of the legislation, that crime doesn't pay."In April, Cambridgeshire Constabulary said it was also achieving success in seizing the assets of criminals, with more than £1 million taken off them in the previous 12 months.The force's most spectacular coup came against Peter Francis Macrae, who was told by a judge he must part with £562,000, produced by an internet racket, which he had hidden and had not been located by police.