A JUDGE has given the go-ahead for a receiver to seize the assets of a Bradford criminal, who organised a robbery which led to the brutal murder of a businessman.

Johnny Daniels, 41, is serving a 13-year prison sentence for his role in organising a robbery with "high stakes" at the Sticker Lane, Laisterdyke, home of Teddy Simpson, in August 2007.

Daniels, of Cutler Heights Lane, supplied gang members with details of Mr Simpson's home and told them where he believed money could be found.

Mr Simpson, 56, was attacked in his home by three Leeds men, who had been recruited for the job. They assaulted him with an imitation gun and a wrench. His body was dumped in the grounds of a former nursing home in Wyke.

The three men were sentenced to a minimum of 33 years for the murder. Two Bradford men, Anthony Davies and Darren Martin, were also convicted of murder and given minimum 35 and 24 year sentences respectively.

Daniels was later given concurrent jail sentences for offences of money laundering and providing unlicensed security staff on building sites.

At a confiscation hearing in July 2011, Judge Peter Benson found that Daniels - who said he had lost a lot of money through gambling and drugs - had benefited by more than a million pounds from criminal conduct and ruled he had available assets of £479,146.

He ordered that a number of seizures be made of cash and money from properties, including one in Knowsley Street, Barkerend, Bradford.

Judge Benson said Daniels would receive a further three and a half year sentence if the money was not paid in six months.

At a hearing at Bradford Crown Court yesterday, Judge Benson was told the property in Knowsley Street remained unsold and the prosecution was applying for a receiver to be appointed, under the Proceeds of Crime Act, to enforce the confiscation order.

Daniels' barrister, Shufqat Khan, said his client was aware of the hearing and had chosen not to attend from prison.

Mr Khan said £380,000 remained outstanding and the defendant was having to serve extra time in default.

Judge Benson said: "It seems to me wholly appropriate that an order is made. The estimated value of the property falls short of the amount of the confiscation order, and there seems no reason why the receiver's power should be limited (to the property) and not extended to recover all properties that may be revealed in the course of any inquiries."