A County Durham man realised he'd been scammed by fraudster Lyne Barlow after he was kicked out of his hotel while on holiday in Turkey.
Paul Stocks paid over £2,000 to dodgy travel agent Lyne Barlow for a two-week holiday to Turkey but was left stunned when he was kicked out of the hotel after three nights because it hadn't been paid for. Paul’s holiday became part of a massive fraud investigation into Barlow - who'd scammed hundreds of victims who’d collectively lost nearly a million pounds.
Barlow, who stole from her own mother and even faked having cancer to evade justice, but was ultimately put behind bars for nine years after appearing at Durham Crown Court. The 39-year-old mother-of-two had been making a name for herself in Stanley, County Durham, by providing cut-price holidays to exotic locations such as Dubai, the USA, the Maldives and Asia.
