Friday, July 19, 2013

Pictured: Drug dealer’s luxury home kitted out with £5,000 hot tub, beer pump and wet room with its own flat screen TV

From the £5,000 hot tub in the garden to the draft beer on tap in the sleek modern kitchen, this house could have been designed for a wealthy businessman or footballer.
In fact, the luxurious Lancashire property belongs to drug dealer Paul Emsley, 45, who has been jailed for 14 years after being convicted of supplying heroin and money laundering.
Police raiding the house in Burscough discovered the father-of-two had spent thousands on turning the three-bedroom semi-detached into a lavish home with wet room, wine cooler and CCTV system.
Customised: Detectives found the kitchen had been fitted with a special tap that pumped out Peroni beer
Customised: Detectives found drug dealer Paul Emsley's kitchen had been fitted with a special tap that pumped out Peroni beer
Flash: Spotlights in Emsley's sleek fitted kitchen illuminate the expensive range cooker
Flash: Blue-tinted spotlights in Emsley's sleek fitted kitchen illuminate the expensive range cooker

Hiding place: Emsley had £46,000 in cash stuffed into a safe at his home in Burscough
Hiding place: Emsley had £46,000 in cash stuffed into a safe at his home in Burscough
Emsley spent an estimated £20,000 transforming his kitchen, installing a Belfast sink, a range cooker, spotlights and a beer pump serving Peroni on draft.
'Leading role': Drug dealer Paul Emsley, who is starting a 14 year jail sentence, lived in luxury at his Lancashire home
'Leading role': Drug dealer Paul Emsley, who is starting a 14 year jail sentence, lived in luxury at his Lancashire home
He also added a £150,000, two-storey extension that housed two extra bedrooms, converted the loft and installed a hot tub in the back garden at the property, where police found £46,000 in cash stuffed in a safe.
Emsley - who was observed by police dealing heroin on a near daily basis on the outskirts of his Lancashire village - also paid for a built-in TV screen in his wet room with the proceeds of his 'large-scale operation' supplying street dealers.
Officers filmed the full extent of his designer makeover as they searched the £300,000 property for evidence Emsley was involved in dealing heroin in Fleetwood.
They found thousands of pounds in cash in a safe at the property, and discovered £118,000 had been credited to his bank account.
Today, as Emsley began his 14 year jail sentence, Lancashire Police said he had played a 'leading role' in a major drug dealing operation.
He supplied street dealers - including a husband and wife - on a day to day basis by meeting them on the outskirts of the village of Burscough, where he lived with his partner and their children.
In total police observed him selling heroin to one dealer on 139 days in a period of 169 days in a country lane outside the village.
After the case at Preston Crown Court Detective Constable Ian Marsh said: 'When we searched Emsley’s house we discovered it had been extensively renovated.
'There was a large amount of cash found in a safe downstairs. And it was clear to see that despite being unemployed he lived in a very lavish house. The whole property had been very well furnished.
'There was an expensive kitchen, including draft beer on tap, a hot tub in the garden, a television screen integrated into the shower unit and £46,000 cash inside the safe, all this was funded by the proceeds of drug dealing.' 

Expensive: The high-end fixtures and fittings included a Belfast sink in the kitchen
Pricey: The high-end fixtures and fittings included a Belfast sink in the kitchen
Unemployed: The jobless father-of-two, 45, lived in a 'very lavish house', police said
Unemployed: Jobless father-of-two Paul Emsley, 45, lived in a 'very lavish house', police said

Renovations: The drug dealer spent £150,000 on an extension to his house, adding a further two bedrooms
Renovations: The drug dealer spent £150,000 on an extension to his house, adding a further two bedrooms
He added: 'This was a large-scale organised set up and the offenders have made a lot of money through their crimes. Bringing heroin into towns and cities puts people’s lives at risk and causes misery among communities.
'Paul Emsley was observed driving to a quiet road on the outskirts of the village to meet up with others.
'In total we observed one dealer travel to Burscough for the meetings on 139 out of 169 consecutive days which shows that this was almost a daily meeting.

Expensive: Emsley is thought to have spent around £20,000 on transforming the kitchen at his home
Expensive: Emsley is thought to have spent around £20,000 on transforming the kitchen at his home

Extravagant: The shower at Emsley's house was fitted with a built-in television screen
Extravagant: The shower at Emsley's house was fitted with a built-in television screen
Little luxuries: The remote control panel for the flat screen TV fitted in Emsley's wet room
Little luxuries: The remote control panel for the flat screen TV fitted in Emsley's wet room

Keeping tabs: Emsley, who was convicted of supplying heroin and money laundering, had a CCTV system installed at his home
Keeping tabs: Emsley, who was convicted of supplying heroin and money laundering, had a CCTV system installed at his home
'We are satisfied with the sentence given today and hope it goes some way in warning other people involved in drug dealing that it will not be tolerated and we will catch you,' he added.
Three others were sentenced in connection with the 'large-scale' drug dealing operation in the Lancashire seaside town.
David Kyle, 45, and his wife Kimberley, 29, both of Fleetwood both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin.
He was jailed for eight years, while his wife was handed a five year sentence.
Close watch: Emsley was able to keep tabs on what was going on around his property from the master bedroom
Close watch: Emsley was able to keep tabs on what was going on around his property from the master bedroom

Ill-gotten gains: A sleek modern fireplace at the drug dealer's £300,000 home in the village of Burscough
Ill-gotten gains: A sleek modern fireplace at the drug dealer's £300,000 home in the village of Burscough
Home comforts: His and hers sinks in the bathroom at the house where Emsley lived with his partner and their children
Home comforts: His and hers sinks in the bathroom at the house where Emsley lived with his partner and their children
David Jones, 51, of Fleetwood,was found guilty of conspiracy to supply heroin and was jailed for four years.
The court heard David Kyle would make frequent trips in a car driven by Jones to the Burscough area, where he would be supplied drugs by Emsley.
Kimberley Kyle was in frequent contact with her husband when he was away on such trips and she would await delivery. Sometimes, she even had customers waiting.
David Kyle was also jailed
David Kyle: Jailed for eight years
His wife Kim Kyle was sentenced at Preston Crown Court
Kim Kyle: Jailed for five years
Drug dealing: David Jones, 51, of Fleetwood, was found guilty of conspiracy to supply heroin
David Jones: Jailed for four years
Police swooped to arrest David Kyle and Jones on the way home from a meeting.
Kyle had two half ounce bags of heroin, worth £2,750, on his person.
The judge Recorder Andrew Long said: 'There is no doubt these offences inflicted untold misery on many people in Fleetwood and beyond, both as addicts and as the victims of acquisitive crime.
'Punishment was required, both to punish you and to deter others.'

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