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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tom Wilkinson

Bogus travel agent who pretended to have cancer sentenced

PA Wire

A travel agent was facing a lengthy jail term after she admitted defrauding friends, family and hundreds of customers who bought holidays from her in a £2.6 million con.

Lyne Barlow, 39, who previously lived in Stanley, County Durham, was the subject of a lengthy police investigation after victims came forward in 2020 to allege they had not received holidays they had paid for.

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