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Martin Bentham

£16m Harrods big spender ‘should be given her jewels back’

Zamira Hajiyeva denies any wrongdoing

(Picture: PA)

A £16 million Harrods big spender accused of living off illicit wealth should be given her seized jewellery back because law enforcers are taking too long in their legal action against her, a court has been told.

Zamira Hajiyeva, the wife of a jailed banker,  who became the first person in Britain to be targeted by an “unexplained wealth order” over her lavish lifestyle, is facing the loss of £3.2 million of jewels in forfeiture proceedings brought by the National Crime Agency.

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