 He admitted to having converted nearly £20,000 of his clients' funds to his own use, some of which he used to buy out his partner's share in his legal practice, and part of which he used to pay off "a man who knew something about me which I did not want disclosed".He was struck off the roll of solicitors in the following year.Following his release from prison he was adjudged bankrupt in March 1974 with debts of £97,515 and assets of only £151.