A developer who constructed a "Buckingham Palace" style mansion has been ordered to repay more than £2 million or face a decade behind bars.

Birmingham-born businessman Mohammed Suleman Khan [Pictured], 41, originally from a gated property Edgbaston, now of no fixed abode, was imprisoned last year for four years after police discovered he had cheated the taxman out of £450,000.

Khan claimed to run a debt-collecting firm and was earning 40,000 per-year, but detectives from West Midlands Police quickly discovered he had enjoyed a life of luxury by evading tax and national insurance across nine years.

Khan spent over £1 million on the construction of a luxury mansion in Pakistan complete with a cinema, library and servants quarters.

The initial investigation unearthed plans for the property the size of Buckingham Palace in Ghorghusti, Attok attock, Pakistan. Experts estimate construction would have been priced at £2.3 million however no official record of ownership was located.

But now Khan’s past has caught up with him last week as Liverpool Crown Court ordered that he repay £2,209,090 under the Proceeds of Crime Act or be sentenced to a further ten years in prison.

Commenting on the ruling, DI Andy Bannister from Force CID said: “Mohammed Suleman Khan at no point in the investigation co-operated or provided credible evidence of his income.

"In making this order his honour Judge Menary QC concluded that Mohammed Suleman Khan had benefited from a criminal lifestyle to the amount of £2,209,090.

"This verdict further confirms that those convicted of a criminal offence are liable in certain circumstances for the confiscation of all their assets when no serious injustice is found."

During the same hearing Khan had a 10-year financial reporting order placed on him, obligating him to file a report of his assets every six months to police, failure to fulfil this could result in added jail time.

Mohammed Suleman Khan. Picture courtesy of West Midlands Police.