media reports of the case. It was also revealed that whilst owing The Sunday Times £805,000 in legal costs, Hunt was loaned £1 million by former pornographer and newspaper owner and current West Ham United F.C. co-chairman David Sullivan. The loan was made from Sullivan's finance firm GC CO NO 102 to Hunt's business Hunt's (UK) Properties. A member of the Treasury Select Committee believed that the Financial Conduct Authority should investigate the loans. Contract on Metropolitan Police officers In 2016 details of a plot to assassinate three police officers who were investigating Hunt were revealed in full detail in an episode of BBC's Panorama. For a £1 million contract, Hunt had summoned Yardie hitman Carl 'The Dread' Robinson to a boat in Marbella and instructed him to kill the officers. Despite the detectives being tipped off there was a contract against them, their superiors, instead of investigating this, suspended the three officers and investigated them for corruption. They were later cleared of any wrongdoing. Panama Papers Amidst the Panama Papers leak of April 2016, it was revealed by The Guardian that Hunt was a client of Mossack Fonseca, and owned an offshore company, EMM Limited, which held ownership of an iron and steel business in East London. References External links Royal Court of Justice Case HQ10D02588: David Hunt v Times Newspapers Limited Living people 1961 births English gangsters English criminals People from Canning Town