A jeweller is offering a £10,000 reward after he says a man tricked him into handing over £6,000. The owner of the Jane Allen shop in Merthyr Tydfil claims he was deceived by sleight of hand from a man who had offered gold chains for sale.
The shop owner, who is in his 80s, tested the chains and said he found they were 18-carat purity. He claims the seller initially rejected his offer of £6,000 before appearing to change his mind, handing over a bag and walking away with the cash. But when the jeweller inspected the contents, they allegedly turned out to be worthless gold-plated trinkets.
Police issued this image of a man they said they wanted to speak to in connection with the incident.
