BANKRUPT businessman Ross Turtill hid £37,000 under the bed to keep it away from creditors.The former C&R Windows chief made the astonishing admission as a court heard how another £150,000-plus is still being tracked by receivers investigating the bankruptcy.
BANKRUPT businessman Ross Turtill hid £37,000 under the bed to keep it away from creditors.
The former C&R Windows chief made the astonishing admission as a court heard how another £150,000-plus is still being tracked by receivers investigating the bankruptcy.
The county court convened to trace money which remains unaccounted for.
Mr Turtill became known to thousands through his infectious radio jingle adverts before his company's spectacular collapse.
Assistant official receiver David Gibson told the court Mr Turtill had been conducting a "money merry-go-round" in a bid to avoid a rush on his bank account.
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