MB wrote

There is the other recent case where the police found some money in a
house
and are keeping it unless the owner can prove where he got it. I
don't
think most people have any objection to criminal's money being
confiscated
but you would expect at least some evidence that it was obtained
through
criminal activities.

Depends on the size of the sum in question. Given that no legal job or
business existed an inference that criminal activities were the source
seems rational.

If the police found £100,000 in the bread-bin, would you as a juryman
vote to convict, assuming no explanation ?

£1,000,000 ?

£5,000,000 ?

|| A man who was cleared of drugs charges last year has two flats and a
Rolex watch seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4563603.stm

|| A woman who claims she funded a lavish lifestyle with bingo and a
"penny
pinching" husband is convicted of possessing criminal property.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/l...re/3962259.stm


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Mike D