{"id":83877,"date":"2019-07-21T07:20:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T07:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/?p=83877"},"modified":"2019-07-21T09:27:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T09:27:33","slug":"wife-gave-builder-600k-inheritance-to-hide-it-from-husband-in-divorce-then-he-fled-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/wife-gave-builder-600k-inheritance-to-hide-it-from-husband-in-divorce-then-he-fled-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Wife gave builder \u00a3600k inheritance to hide it from husband in divorce \u2013 then he fled the country – …"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A WIFE gave a builder \u00a3600,000 so she could hide the money from her husband but he\u2019s refusing to give it back, it has been reported.<\/p>\n

Sarah Byrne, 47, was left a \u00a31million inheritance from her father\u2019s business but wanted to keep it from husband Tony, who she wanted to divorce.<\/p>\n

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Sarah Byrne planned to divorce husband Tony but changed her mind after they went on holiday<\/span>Credit: Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Builder Stephen Howie, 58, said she could transfer \u00a3600,000 to him and would return it on demand, the High Court in London heard.<\/p>\n

But he has now fled to Japan and refusing to pay the money back after the couple reconciled, arguing it was an investment, the court was told.<\/p>\n

A judge has now ruled that Mr Howie is lying and has now ordered him to give the money back, the Daily Mail reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

They had met after she and her husband moved to Camberley in Surrey and he gave a quote for extension work to their house.<\/p>\n

Mother-of-three Mrs Byrne considered him a friend and confided in him when she was contemplating divorcing her husband, a chief finance officer at a technology firm.<\/p>\n

High Court judge Simon Monty QC said in his judgment: \u201cMr Howie said he had been through two divorces, and advised [Mrs Byrne] she needed to place her assets out of reach of her husband, because he would get half.<\/p>\n

\u201cMrs Byrne says that she was anxious, depressed, isolated and sleep-deprived, and the advice Mr Howie gave her increased her feelings of anxiety.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe feared she would be left with nothing after the divorce.\u201d<\/p>\n

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According to the judgement, Mr Howie had told the Mrs Byrne that a judge friend of his advised people going through a divorce to give money to a friend as a gift and get it back when it was over.<\/p>\n

The ruling said the builder told Mrs Byrne it would be safer if he disguised the money as an investment in his business.<\/p>\n

He drew up documents indicating she was buying a 20 per cent share and despite friends advising her not to, she transferred the cash to him in January.<\/p>\n

But her and her husband went on a family holiday and agreed to stay together so she asked Mr Howie for the money back.<\/p>\n

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She told her husband about the \u00a3600,000, and asked Mr Howie for it back but he refused even after she employed solicitors in a bid to recover it.<\/p>\n

Judge Monty rejected Mr Howie\u2019s evidence and ordered him to repay the money though he said Mrs Bryne\u2019s \u201cdishonest\u2019 agreement had been a \u201csham\u201d designed to conceal the cash.<\/p>\n

Mr Howie has been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n

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Builder Stephen Howie is refusing to pay back the cash, arguing it was an investment<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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