Lowestoft man ordered to repay £58,000 following proceeds of crime hearing

A Lowestoft man who was sentenced to 46 month’s imprisonment has been ordered to pay back more than £58,000 at a proceedings of crime hearing.

Nathaniel Baldry, 25, formerly of St John's Road, Lowestoft, was given a 46-month custodial sentence in March at Ipswich Crown Court after pleading guilty to grievous bodily harm without intent, possessing criminal property and being concerned in the supply of a controlled Class B drug (cannabis).

Suffolk Constabulary’s Sentinel East team led the investigation into Baldry. He was arrested in November 2022 after a warrant was executed at a property in St John's Road. As a result of the search, items including mobile phones and more than £30,000 in cash hidden in a rucksack in a wardrobe, were seized.

On 20 December Baldry was ordered to pay back £58,758.56 at a Proceedings of Crime Act (POCA) confiscation hearing at Ipswich Crown Court.

He was ordered to repay the money he had made from his crimes in satisfaction of the order. Baldry was ordered to pay this sum within three months or face a default sentence of 18 months imprisonment should the order not be paid.

Sergeant Laura Deal said: “The order made by the court in this case once more underlines that Sentinel East working alongside our colleagues in the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit Financial Investigation Team will continue to use the POCA’s asset recovery powers to work tirelessly to hit those who engage in the supply of drugs and strip them of the of the wealth they have derived from their illicit activities.”

Suffolk Constabulary has three Operation Sentinel teams. Set up in 2019, they provide enhanced coverage of Suffolk’s road network. Based across the county, they work to disrupt serious and organised criminal activity.