{"id":142769,"date":"2023-10-13T14:17:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T14:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=142769"},"modified":"2023-10-13T14:17:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T14:17:17","slug":"our-devious-little-sod-of-a-nephew-tried-to-steal-our-4m-home-now-hes-been-slapped-with-150k-bill-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/world-news\/our-devious-little-sod-of-a-nephew-tried-to-steal-our-4m-home-now-hes-been-slapped-with-150k-bill-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Our \u2018devious little sod\u2019 of a nephew tried to steal our \u00a34m home – now he\u2019s been slapped with \u00a3150k bill | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A WEALTHY couple who claimed their "devious little sod" of a nephew tried to steal their \u00a34million house have left him with a \u00a3150k bill.<\/p>\n
Michael Lee, 79, and wife King-Su Huang, 73, became neighbours to\u00a0Chariots of Fire producer Sir David Puttnam after snapping up a three-bed home in swanky Queen's Gate Place Mews, Kensington, in 2004.<\/p>\n
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But as the house was bought in the name of their "very close" nephew, Cheng-Jen Ku, 40, who also has a room there, the family were left fighting a bitter court battle.<\/p>\n
Mrs Huang sued her nephew – backed by her husband Mr Lee as a key witness – for a ruling that, despite being in his name, she was always the rightful owner.<\/p>\n
Mr Ku however claimed that the house is his because it was "gifted" to him by his auntie.<\/p>\n
But now Judge Alan Johns has ruled that Mr Ku could not have been the owner of the swanky Kensington mews as he claimed.<\/p>\n