A Balfron pensioner was left gutted when “despicable” crooks raided his home and stole a number of items after duping him by claiming his ponies had broken loose from their paddock.
The 80-year-old pony farmer was conned by a gang of callous scammers, who knocked his door on Wednesday, January 19, morning to tell him that his beloved ponies had got free from their pen – however that proved to be part of an elaborate plan to draw him from his house, which was then raided.
John Paterson, who lives at a farm between Balfron Station and Gartmore, has told how the crooks worked together to gain access to his property and steal a number of high value items.
