James Gray must pay RSPCA £600,000...will it happen though???

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"James Gray must pay a further £200,000 in costs to the RSPCA to cover the charity's expenses for his unsuccessful appeal — a judge has ruled today (12 November).
The RSPCA removed 32 dead horses and ponies and rescued 111 equines from Gray's Spindles Farm in January 2008.
And they, and other charities, have had to pay for the animals' keep since then, as well as court expenses — in all as much as £2m.
Gray lost his appeal against a life ban on keeping horses and 24 weeks' jail in May, and today Judge Christopher Tyrer, at Bicester Magistrates Court, awarded extra costs to the RSPCA — bringing the amount the horse trader owes the charity to £600,000.
According to a local newspaper, court papers produced at today's hearing show Spindles Farm has been sold for £1.2m, but Gray filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.
Gray's estranged wife Julie, who also appealed but was convicted of two offences of cruelty, has also been ordered to pay £200,000 costs. Mrs Gray has so far only paid £5 of the £750 she was ordered to pay from the original trial.
The Grays' elderst daughter Jodie Keet was told to pay £500 and her sister Cordelai Gray must also find £750 costs".

I should bloody well hope the RSPCA get the money from the house sale (and all they other charities that helped in this horrible situation should be re-embursed too) but i have a distinct feeling they will be ordered to pay a minial £2.50 a week or similar whilst living the life of riley. Gggrr cross :(
 
My understanding is that the RSPCA have a legal charge over the property, which means that when it is sold,some of the purchase price money is diverted to them for the legal costs. When you take a mortgage out, the mortgage providers usually have what is called a "first charge", which means that they get paid off first from the money when a house is sold. If there's not enough money from the sale, you are still liable for the difference, however, but usually doesn't happen unless you are in negative equity. Then anyone else who has registered a charge over the property gets their charge paid off in the order they've registered until all the money is gone. As an example, say Mr Gray sells the property for a million pounds, but still owes 200,000 on a mortgage, the mortgage will be redeemed, with 200,000 of the purchase price going to the mortgage company leaving 800,000. Say the RSPCA are next in line with their charge, they can take their 600,000, leaving 200,000 being the remainder to go to Mr Gray as the owner of the property, assuming there's no further charges.

That's the theory, anyway. I can't imagine the RSPCA would have been so unprofessional not to have registered a charge for their costs.
 
All you need to do is go onto google and get the post code and full address for Spindles Farm. Then you just need to go onto the Land Registry website, it takes a few minutes to register yourself as a user, follow the instructions, part company with £4.00 for a copy of the details held on Spindles Farm, which you can pay by debit or credit card. There on what is known as the Proprietorship Schedule will be details of any legal charges held on the property. Would do it myself as we have a Land Registry account with the business but the person who runs the searches is on leave today and i dont know the passwords.

That should answer all queries, as it will actually say who has what charge over the property and for how much. Its all a matter of public information.
 
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