since his release from prison, in February 2002 at the opening of two new stands at the stadium. He was instrumental in the club bringing in Latvian businessman Valeri Belokon to invest in the club in 2006. On 6 November 2017, Oyston and his son Karl were found in a high court judgment to have operated an "illegitimate stripping" of Blackpool F.C., paying £26.77 million out of the club to companies they owned. The court found that Oyston and his son had abused their majority shareholding position at the club in a manner that was detrimental both to the business and Belokon. They were subsequently ordered to pay £31 million to buy out Belokon's share of the business, of which £25m+ along with costs were still owed. Club supporters were hopeful that the amount set by the High Court was so high that the Oyston family would be forced instead to sell its interest. A few days following the court decision, on 10 November, the Oystons decided to put the club up for sale. Supporters' started a subsequently bitterly fought "Oyston Out" campaign, which saw the Oyston family refusing to honour players' contracts and the public display of disrespect from the fans. Following further legal action by Belokon to obtain payment from Oyston, on 13 February 2019 High Court appointed receiver Paul Cooper, of David Rubin & Partners, removed Oyston from the board of Blackpool Football Club, along with his daughter Natalie Christopher. A return to Bloomfield Road for boycotting fans occurred on 9 March 2019, when the club hosted Southend United; thousands of home fans attended the game, for the first time in over four years. Legal issues On 2 March 1992, World in Action screened a report, entitled The Dirty War, describing an alleged campaign against Oyston by Michael Murrin, chairman of the Preston Ratepayers' Association. The television report stated that Murrin had tape-recorded his conversations with his supporters, including the Conservative MPs Sir Peter Blaker and Robert Atkins. However, the same week, an early day motion was made in the Houses of Parliament that called on those responsible for the report to 'apologise and to improve their ethical standards in future', because of the omission of information such as how Dale Campbell-Savours asked a question about Oyston's company in parliament on 13 July 1988, and tabled a motion about it on 6 July 1988, thus making clear