A conman posed as a roofer, plumber and a Dyson engineer to trick innocent people across the north out of their hard-earned cash to fund his gambling addiction.
James Lawson, 30, preyed on vulnerable elderly women, single mums, a cancer sufferer, a disabled amputee and an army veteran with PTSD over a period of three years, conning them out of more than £166,400.
Today he was jailed after pleading guilty to 20 counts of fraud.
