{"id":114632,"date":"2020-02-08T14:20:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T14:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/?p=114632"},"modified":"2020-02-18T13:46:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T13:46:04","slug":"worlds-bitterest-divorce-as-businessman-claims-he-burnt-1-million-to-stop-ex-getting-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/worlds-bitterest-divorce-as-businessman-claims-he-burnt-1-million-to-stop-ex-getting-it\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s bitterest divorce as businessman claims he BURNT $1 million to stop ex getting it"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A BUSINESSMAN who burned $1million in cash to stop his ex-wife from getting her hands on it has been jailed for 30 days, according to reports.<\/p>\n

Bruce McConville, 55, said he burned $743,000 on September 23 and $296,000 on December 15 in two separate bonfires, as well as selling his assets.<\/p>\n

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McConville claimed he burned $1 million in cash<\/span>Credit: Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A judge didn’t believe his story and sentenced him to 30 days in jail<\/span>Credit: Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Canadian man reportedly refused to adhere to an affidavit to say where the money went – preventing the court from establishing what he owed in child and spousal support.<\/p>\n

He was also ordered not to sell his assets – but McConville even allegedly sold some to his accountant, reports the Ottawa Citizen.<\/a><\/p>\n

His rash actions came to light during a contempt motion last week when McConville was quizzed by Superior Court Justice Kevin Phillips.<\/p>\n

He admitted to taking out a whopping $1,050,000 via 25 withdrawals at six different banks – but McConville didn’t have the cash.<\/p>\n

When pressed by the judge, McConville simply said: “I destroyed it,” before confessing he “burnt it.”<\/p>\n

\u201cIn total, about a million and thirty-nine thousand dollars,\u201d said McConville, who later admitted he incinerated $1,050,000.<\/p>\n

When McConville said he got rid of the cash in bonfires nobody saw or was aware of, Phillips said it was “hard to believe.”<\/p>\n

The plaintiff responded: \u201cI am not a person that is extremely materialistic. A little goes a long way.<\/p>\n

“I have always been frugal. That\u2019s why my business lasted for 31 years,” the businessman said – but the judge didn’t believe him.<\/p>\n

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McConville has to pay his wife $2,000 a day as a result of his actions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The bonfire starter was sentenced to 30 days behind bars for thwarting the court, Phillips ruled.<\/p>\n

The no-nonsense judge also informed McConville if he defied court orders again 30 days would seem like “a walk in the park.”<\/p>\n

Phillips said: \u201cYou are making a mockery of this court, and its process, something I will not allow.<\/p>\n

\u201cI find what you have done to be morally reprehensible because what you claim to have done wilfully and directly undermines the interests of your children.”<\/p>\n

After his stint in jail, frugal McConville will face financial penalties if he doesn’t comply with court orders to supply an honest account of his finances.<\/p>\n

Phillips ordered him to give his ex-wife $2,000 per day which amounted to $14,000 per week as a result of his bonfire bonanza.<\/p>\n

The judge emphasized this weighty fine is separate from McConville’s monetary support to his ex and their children.<\/p>\n

“It may well be, therefore, that your remaining assets, equity in the home and RRSPs, etc., end up entirely in the hands of (ex-wife),” Phillips said.<\/p>\n

He warned McConville to pay the $,2000 per day or risk losing everything while his ex-wife’s legal team rubbished his bonfire claims.<\/p>\n

Her representatives told the court the failed mayoral candidate claimed to have no income yet had $9,000 in monthly expenses.\n<\/p>\n

McConville could not immediately be reached for comment\u201d?<\/p>\n

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He previously ran for the position of Mayor of Ottawa in 2018 but wasn’t successful.<\/p>\n

He addressed “fiscal responsibility” during his campaign, saying there are “too many demands on our budget and not enough money to satisfy everyone and everything.”<\/p>\n

“We need to have a fully transparent public audit on every expenditure,” he said in a YouTube<\/a> video which saw him loading coins in a silver piggy bank.<\/p>\n

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