Although acquitted of money laundering charges, a pensioner who hid £500,000 behind a toilet had the money taken away by the authorities. In September 2009, Peter Wells stood trial at Maidstone Crown Court, where it was revealed he had drugs supply convictions. During the trial Wells said some of the money was from a scaffold-hire business he ran, and that more than £200,000 belonged to a rich City trader whom he would not identify. Despite the acquittal, Kent Police's serious economic crime unit conducted additional inquiries which led to the money being confiscated.