THE lavish mansion of multi-millionaire businessman Mark Langford has been put up for sale at é3.75m.

But not a penny will go to people owed money from the collapse of his company, The Accident Group.

Mr Langford's Regency manor house and 23-acre estate near the village of North Rode, Cheshire, is on the market.

But because TAG was a limited company and the house is a private asset, any money raised by the sale will not go to the liquidators.

This has infuriated the union representing some of the TAG staff sacked by text when the company crashed in May 2003.

Alec McFadden, from the TUC, said: "A number of former TAG workers have been ruined by Mark Langford and have had to sell their houses.

"And you know what? Not one of them was worth é3.5m. In fact, the majority were worth less than é100,000.

"I would hope Mark Langford will donate the entire sale price to the people I'm representing - that would be a fine gesture. They have suffered immensely - and I hold him responsible."

HM Land Registry documents show the home is owned by Mark Campion Langford and wife Deborah Margaret Langford.

While many of the 2,700 former staff at the no-win-no-fee firm were getting sacked by text message, these pictures reveal Mr Langford, 42, was enjoying the comforts of this sumptuous chandelier-filled mansion.

The ornate interior of the Grade II listed building features all the trappings of wealth associated with the Mr Langford's high-flying lifestyle.

Crammed with period features, the 23-roomed mansion features a tiled indoor swimming pool, a gym and whirlpool bath.

And its massive grounds, off Manor Park Road, are home to an eight-acre lake and a paddock, according to the sales brochure from estate agents Jackson Stops and Staff.

Since the company's high-profile collapse, Mr Langford and his wife, 41, have spent much of their time in their Marbella mansion, in Spain, and on their é1.5m yacht.

The liquidators have been working to track down some of the millions left owing to the company's creditors.

The couple are under pressure to explain how the company collapsed owing an estimated é100m just months after they took millions in dividends out of the firm.

The Langfords are fighting an action by the Department of Trade and Industry to disqualify them from holding company directorships.

Last year, a court froze a trust which owned some of the Langfords' assets - including their Spanish yacht - and set them a daily spending limit.

See more pictures of the mansion in our picture gallery.

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