Mother vows to fight for family home

Thursday 24th March 2011, 2:59PM GMT.

Helen Bailey has vowed to fight to keep the family home

A DEFIANT mother has vowed to fight to keep her home after her paedophile partner lost a last-ditch appeal against a massive court costs order.

Leonard Vandenborn – serving 12 years for a series of sex attacks against two girls – this week launched a Court of Appeal bid to quash a £190,000 costs order and save his family from being forced to sell their home.

But the family are now facing an uncertain future after the judges threw out the appeal.

And their misery was compounded when the court ordered Vandenborn to also foot the costs of the appeal – believed to be up to £10,000.

• See today’s JEP for the interview with Vandenborn’s partner, Helen Bailey


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