Gun-toting crook known as 'Twinkle-Toes' has had his huge collection of footwear auctioned off by the police to help foot the bill for their on-going fight against crime.

Some of the shoes amassed by Isaiah 'Twinkle-Toes' Hanson-Frost were worth close to £1,000 a pair at full retail prices.

The 23-year-old Gloucester criminal, now serving a six-year prison sentence for a firearms offence, hoarded designer trainers by Gucci, Christian Louboutin, Louis Vuitton, Jimmy Choo and other top names, thanks to his life of crime.

Hanson-Frost of Milbrook Street earned his 'Twinkle-Toes' nickname due to his small feet - UK size 6 - and his obsession with designer trainers.

The on-line auction at Cheltenham, ordered under the Police Property Act, is expected to make £5,000 for Gloucestershire Constabulary, according to Head of Valuation and Corporate Recovery Lee Baldwin.

"Some 600 people have registered an interest, with one pair of Christian Louboutin High Top trainers attracting the most interest," said Mr Baldwin of AMS Auctions, who organised the sale at Church Farm Business Centre, Leckhampton.

"We have had more than 100 bids in total and expect to make between £4000 and £5000," said Mr Baldwin. "Although we have seen it all over the past 20 years I must say that this particular auction is unique."

A police spokesman said: "We are keen to put a stop to anyone who is living a lavish lifestyle which has been funded through crime and this shows the level that Gloucestershire Constabulary will go to in order to strip a criminal of their assets and then put the money to good use."

During a hearing at Gloucester Crown Court in November last year Hanson-Frost agreed to forfeit rights to the trainers.

Under the Police Property Act, criminal loot is passed on by the Gloucestershire Police and Crime Commissioner to the county High Sheriff's Fund to be spent on anti-crime measures.

However, Hanson-Frost has been allowed to keep some Nike trainers worth less than £100 a pair.