A rogue car dealer who was snared after selling a defective BMW X5 to a Wiltshire customer must pay back more than £50,000 in ill-gotten gains.

Last year, Ateeq-U-Rehman Maroof, 49, of Drummond Road, Bournemouth, was found guilty by a Salisbury jury of seven charges relating to consumer protection, fraud and fraudulent trading. He was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment.

Now, a Winchester judge has ordered he pay back £52,166 – a fraction of the £425,163 he was assessed as having made from his dodgy car business.

Wiltshire Trading Standards originally brought the prosecution after a complaint from one customer based in the county who had bought a BMW X5 from Maroof's Bristol dealership.

An expert ruled the car was dangerous and not roadworthy due to problems with the suspension, brakes and tyres. One of the tyres was so worn the inner cords were visible.

When the disgruntled customer tried to return the BMW, Maroof denied being the seller. He moved his business and changed the company’s name.

Following the trial, Trading Standards manager Yvonne Bennett said: "A car is one of the most expensive items a person owns, often second only to property, and being stuck with a dangerous, worthless vehicle can be extremely upsetting.”