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Alan McEwen

Heartless Scots fraudster conned terminally ill pal out of £476k

A heartless fraudster who conned a terminally ill pal out of almost £500,000 has been given one month to repay the victim’s family or face 19 months in jail.

Keith Cameron, described as a “Walter Mitty character”, was caged back in 2015 for swindling his friend and neighbour Jonathan Speirs.

The 61-year-old was slapped with a proceeds of crime order for £211,000 with the money to be returned to the Speirs family.

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