Divorce judge tells darts legend Phil Taylor at least his wife can’t take his nickname as he awards her a huge chunk of his £3.4m fortune
Ace told to hand over nearly £1million plus his pension and FIVE houses
THE former wife of darts ace Phil “The Power” Taylor hit the bullseye in their divorce deal.
Phil , 56, was forced to hand over five houses, his pension and £830,000 to ex Yvonne in a “clean break” court settlement.
He gave up their five-bedroom marital home and a luxury pad in Tenerife as part of the deal.
Lawyers for Yvonne, 54, wanted half of the 16-times world champ’s assets, 65 per cent of their total pensions and a £6,000 allowance each month.
She had stayed at home to bring up their four kids while Taylor’s career flourished, the court was told.
Her legal team insisted her annual budget stood at £58,000 a year - including holidays, “weekend expenditure” and cosmetics.
But judge Mark Rogers said the £6,000 figure was “completely unexplained”.
Taylor’s lawyers offered all of his investment properties and a £480,000 lump sum.
But the judge rejected that saying Taylor “could and should have done more” to help his ex in the immediate aftermath of their divorce.
Instead he ordered him to hand over five properties, “all of his pensions” and £830,000.
Their marital home in Crewe, Cheshire, is believed to be worth £600,000.
The three other English homes — in Newcastle- under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent, both Staffs, and Crewe — are rented out.
They were transferred into Yvonne’s name in July and are together beli-eved to be worth more than £500,000.
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Taylor also has a four-bed detached home in Stoke, bought in 2012 for £250,000, which remains his.
It is not known how much the property in Tenerife is worth.
The world No3 now lives with a friend. He split from Yvonne in 2014 after 23 years of marriage. He has previously blamed his break-up on being away too much playing darts.
Divorce papers were released at Yvonne’s lawyers’ request.
Taylor has an empire of £3.4million in assets and earns £1million each year.
He owns an 8.2 per cent stake in the Professional Darts Corporation which runs top competitions that he plays in.
That holding alone is worth £575,000, while his firm, Phil The Power Taylor Ltd, was valued after tax at £758,000.
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