The £42mn crime trail behind an Indian-origin couple’s £6.6mn divorce

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Jun 9, 2026 | 21:09 IST

What could be the UK’s “longest” divorce case started with an affair and went from a £270,000 settlement to a £6.6mn payout. But while she thought he was hiding money from her, he was helping hide dirty money for others too



He was a successful lawyer in London, all his three children went to expensive private schools, and he was paying for a subscription to Annabel's, which was then one of London's most exclusive clubs. But Bhadresh Gohil said that everything he had, all his assets and all his liabilities, amounted to a 'net deficit of £311,512'. Flats in Mumbai, luxury cars, offshore bank accounts, an offshore company — they either had little value left, he said, or were not really his because they were held for others or belonged to his family.
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