A "vulnerable" man and woman were exploited by someone "far more sophisticated" to defraud a dad and son in an eBay motorhome scam.
Sarah Kirkwood, 33, and Kevin Burke, 34, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court this morning, Monday, May 15, after both pleaded guilty to criminal property charges in magistrates court. Helen Chenery, prosecuting, told the court that Dale and Peter Horton had seen a motorhome listed for sale on eBay in October 2021.
The dad and son contacted the seller of the motorhome who was listed as Sarah Kirkwood with a home address of Webster Grove in Morecambe. The pair contacted who they believed to be Kirkwood and arranged a bank transfer under the assumption the motorhome was genuine.
