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Nearly two months after the operation, Scotland Yard has spent more than £30,000 on hotel accommodation and living expenses for the two brothers and close relatives.

They have been living in a four-star hotel, provided with meals, and given £70 per week per person in living allowances.

Through their lawyers, the family have also requested an ex-gratia payment of £10,000 to help them with living expenses, 'existing financial commitments' and other contingencies such as 'private psychological support'.

They have also asked the Met to pick up the bill for taxi journeys 'to and from family therapy', the payment of mortgage interest on their home, as well as the installation of a sophisticated burglar alarm.

Claiming that their clothes were 'contaminated' by police officers searching their home, they have asked for a £200 grant each to purchase new items of clothing.

Lawyers have also asked the Met to fund the cost of storing a Yamaha bike belonging to one of the brothers in a safe place, and the bill for the removal and storage of other personal effects. There has also been a request (which has been agreed) for the force to pay the cost of putting the family cat in boarding kennels.

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