A bankrupt businessman who failed to reveal details about the sale of a house to the official receiver has been jailed for six months.

Noor Hussain, 50, was declared bankrupt back in December, 2005, after his previously successful double-glazing and conservatory firm got into difficulties.

During an investigation into his affairs it emerged that Hussain had sold a house in Kings Drive, Bradford, for £150,000, but he gave false details about the date of the sale and claimed not to have made any profit from it.

But prosecutor Paul Greaney told Bradford Crown Court that in fact Hussain had made £41,096.26 from the house sale and the money had been paid into a bank account, about which he had not told the authorities.

When he was asked to explain what had had happened to the money, Hussain claimed he had used it to pay off debts to various people.

Hussain admitted breaching insolvency legislation by failing to provide a satisfactory explanation for the disposal of the cash.

Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC told Hussain, of Everest Avenue, Idle, that he was satisfied he had deliberately failed to bring the substantial amount of money to the attention of the authorities.

Lawyer Richard Reed, for Hussain, said he entered a guilty plea at an early stage and was adamant that he had not personally profited from the house sale. "He has no other assets and he's lost everything," said Mr Reed.