Four years after the school had closed, and with the building in need of millions of pounds worth of restoration work, as well as an overhaul of its interior layout, the council had reached the end of its tether and was open to offers. Ding dong, here comes Dickenport. On the face of it, a harmless fella on the disability benefit register. The former bricklayer, who spent time in a wheelchair following a serious horse riding accident, kept said wheelchair to make sure his allowances never stopped. He was often photographed sporting said chair (see above) which was almost definitely deliberate. He soon moved onto his next career whereby he claimed to be a computer executive with a large property portfolio and annual income of half a million. To support this claim he churned out a £25,000 grant in his bank account each month to trick the banks into thinking this was his salary. Through various aliases and forged documents he travelled the world purchasing outlandish properties while still claiming a disability benefit. The banks, the mortgage lenders and the council were all none the wiser, and in 2011 he somehow managed to convince them to sell Windlestone on the premise of his intentions for the estate. Despite another buyer offering £1 million more, they sold it to him for a shockingly low price of £241,000 lured by promises of restoring the property to its former glory. Allegedly as an equestrian centre. 50 points to Dickenport.