More than £2 million from controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan has been seized by police over claims they owe millions in unpaid tax, the Chief Magistrate has ruled at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.

Devon and Cornwall Police has been successful in its bid to seize the money held in seven frozen bank accounts, from the Tates and a woman identified only as J.

Chief magistrate Paul Goldspring ruled in favour of the force in a judgment handed down today.

In July at an earlier hearing, Sarah Clarke KC, representing the force, told the court that the brothers are “serial tax and VAT evaders”.