A man convicted of masterminding a stolen car export racket has had his jail sentence more than doubled on the day he was due to be released.

Mponjoli Malakasuka, of Aster Way, on the Yew Tree estate on the Walsall and Sandwell border, was due to be freed from a three and a half year sentence for his part in a £1.5 million scam to export high performance cars abroad yesterday.

Police trying to claw back the money he made from crime took the case back to court for an enforcement hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act and the 36-year-old was handed an additional four years in jail unless he pays up in 28 days.

A judge at a previous hearing made the order on the basis Malakasuka had hidden assets in Tanzania and that he should pay out £828,000. Yesterday’s hearing ruled he had not complied with the order.