It’s emerged a former MHK and government minister asked Treasury to drop a legal action against an Isle of Man company.
A jury has today been told that Walter Gilbey - a former member for Glenfaba – requested then-minister, former colleague Allan Bell, halt proceedings against Street Heritage to give the business time to settle a tax bill of £182,000.
Mr Gilbey, a friend of the Irving family which owned Street Heritage, was also willing to lend them £70,000 to help them avoid liquidation.
He was giving evidence in the trial of the government’s senior legal advisor, Stephen Harding, who denies charges of perjury and committing an act against public justice, relating to the winding-up of the company.
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