Former Dundee United player Noel Hunt is being chased through the courts for an unpaid council tax bill accrued in Inchture.
If the £2281 debt to Perth and Kinross Council is not paid this week, the Republic of Ireland international could have belongings seized or, in extreme circumstances, even be declared bankrupt.
The bill relates to the 26-year-old’s house in Priory Grange, Inchture. The local authority has spent months pursuing the claim against Hunt and has now won a decree at Perth Sheriff Court ordering him to pay up.
As is the case in such an event, a warrant has been issued which raises the possibility of “further action being taken against you, including arrestment of your earnings and auction of articles belonging to you” should payment not be forthcoming.
Hunt is “also liable to be sequestrated (declared bankrupt).” Hunt moved to Reading in a £600,000 transfer in 2008 after scoring 23 goals in 64 games for Dundee United. He also played for Dunfermline.
He has previously been taken to court after failing to pay for a survey on his house. He was sued by surveyors J. & E. Shepherd when he failed to settle up his £350 bill.
Neither Reading FC nor Hunt have made any comment on the matter.