ormer footballer Marcus Bent has won a court fight over the ownership of a house more than four years after being declared bankrupt.
Bankruptcy trustees wanted to be allowed to take possession of a house they said Bent a striker who played for more than a dozen clubs, including Everton owned.
Bent, 45, who won two England under-21 caps, disagreed, and said the property belonged to his 19-year-old daughter.
He said he had bought the house in 2006 and intended it to be held on trust for his daughter until she turned 18.
A judge on Friday ruled in his favour after a trial in the specialist Insolvency and Companies Court.
Judge Clive Jones said his ruling meant that the property fell outside the bankruptcy estate and…
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