Billionaire Candy brothers 'intimidated a former business partner and threatened his pregnant wife after the trio fell out over a £12million loan'

Mark Holyoake (pictured inset) claims Nick and Christian Candy (left, with their wives, and right) blackmailed him with mafia-style threats about the safety of both himself and his pregnant wife. The businessman and the Candy brothers fell out over a £12m loan they made to him to help fund the luxury Grosvenor Gardens in London's Belgravia. Mr Holyoake, who has known Nick Candy since university, hoped to make more than £100m on the redevelopment, which he bought for about £42m in 2011. But now he has accused the Candys of reneging on the loan deal and pressuring him into agreeing to disadvantageous repayments.