A property fraudster jailed for 11 years for duping vulnerable cash-strapped victims into signing over their homes today complained to a judge that his £800,000 home is about to be repossessed.

Edwin McLaren, 54, was in the dock at the High Court in Glasgow along with wife Lorraine for a proceeds of crime action against them.

McLaren was jailed after the longest criminal trial in Scotland for his involvement in a £1.6million property fraud scheme.

He was found guilty of 29 charges in May 2017 after a trial at the High Court in Glasgow, which began in September 2015 and heard evidence over 320 days.

His wife, Lorraine McLaren, 54, was found guilty of two charges, involving a fraudulent mortgage application on their own home and money laundering £128,000. She was sentenced to two and a half years, and released after nine months.

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McLaren, who was representing himself, told judge Lord Arthurson: “My home at 9 Juniper Avenue, Bridge of Weir has been inhibited by the Crown.

“My home which is worth £800,000 is now about to be repossessed. I’m very concerned.

“It is rented out and rent of £80,000 is due and we can’t deal with the property.

“The Crown have given Aberdein Considine the authority to sell my house. This is important to me.”Lord Arthurson asked prosecutor Bill McVicar to look into what is happening with McLaren’s house.

The judge continued the proceeds of crime hearing until January 13 at the High Court in Edinburgh.

McLaren also complained about the difficulty of reading the figures in the paperwork supplied to him by the Crown.

He said: “The figures are unreadable,” and added it was difficulty to work on them in his cell.

McLaren was convicted of preying on vulnerable people. He arranged for the title deeds of their homes to be transferred to his associates without the victims’ knowledge.

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The estimated cost of the 20-month trial was £7.5m. 

During the trial jurors heard of the couple’s lavish lifestyle, which included luxury holidays in Dubai and splurging £100,000 on a ring for her and private schools for their children.

McLaren was described by trial judge Lord Stewart as showing “frankly breathtaking dishonesty.” 

Bentley-driving father-of-two McLaren, 52, left victims out-of-pocket and in some cases homeless. 

Sentencing father-of-two Edwin McLaren Lord Stewart told him: “It appears your motive for this was to fund an affluent lifestyle for yourself, your wife and your children.”