A heartless fraudster who took £50,000 from a good-Samaritan pensioner has been put behind bars.
Scott Hanson pestered the victim, who is in his 70s, into giving him sums of money for various things, including rail tickets, rent, and damage to his property. Hanson made the man believe he would be paid back after telling him he had a job at Asda and was due to receive £81,000 that had been left to him in a will.
But the lying 38-year-old never paid the victim back, and his crime only came to light when the pensioner tried to withdraw a large sum of money from his bank account and staff became concerned and called the police. On Wednesday, Hanson appeared at Durham Crown Court to be sentenced for fraud. He pleaded guilty to the charge at a previous hearing.
