article_snippet: Cornwall owner, a property dealer who was jailed for drugs possession, has refused to renovate it - but the local council has not exercised Cornwall legal powers to force Its owner, a property dealer who was jailed for drugs possession to take action.
article_snippet: Cornwall Council has not taken legal action against the Old Rectory's owner, property tycoon James Brown, who was sent in prison in 2012 after police found a large haul of cocaine hidden in his Bentley convertible.
article_snippet: Officials insisted that Officials could not take action while Brown was in prison, because Brown was in prison would breach Brown human rights.
article_snippet: Owner: Property tycoon and cocaine
article_snippet: addict James Brown is the legal owner of the Old Rectory .
article_snippet: Brown retired at the age of 26 after making millions of pounds as a property developer, but Brown life spiralled downhill when Brown became addicted to cocaine.
article_snippet: The businessman took so much of the drug that Brown nose collapsed, and in 2012 Brown was sentenced to five years in prison for possession of class A drugs and a collection of handguns.
highlights_snippet: But after being bought by property tycoon James Brown
highlights_snippet: Council refused to take action against property tycoon James Brown while property tycoon James Brown was in jail for cocaine possession .