Building tycoon 'left homeless' after divorce ruling gave wife property worth £1.8million - and him just £250,000

Construction magnate David Stocker (right) was used to living the high life during his 17-year marriage to former wife Avril (left). They had a five-bedroom home in West London valued at £1million (top inset), a £100,000 yacht and a £500,000 villa in Spain (inset, below). But he told an Appeal Court hearing that his life of luxury is over and he is now unable to get back on the London property ladder because the couple's divorce. Despite his pleas, he failed in his bid to have the ruling overturned this week.