A Bothwell fraudster who drives around in a Rolls-Royce is at the centre of a £25m planning row in one of Lanarkshire's most exclusive suburbs.
An application has been made for a large estate of 44 homes to be built around Liberty Durant's opulent mansion on green belt land in the village – sparking complaints from well-heeled neighbours.
The request comes three years after Durant was slapped with a 10-year directorship ban and a suspended prison sentence for carrying out a £700,000 fraud while already banned from being a company director.
