Where property obtained by a criminal has been restored or was ready to be restored in full to a victim of a crime in circumstances where there was no additional benefit to the offender, a confiscation order would be disproportionate and a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 protocol 1 art.1.

CA (Crim Div) (Treacy LJ, Henderson J, Saunders J)

15/03/2013