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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Donna Ferguson

‘Kardashian of Cheshire’ paedophile jailed for luxury handbag fraud

Jack Watkin posing with a handbag in a leopard-print tuxedo and sunglasses against a pond and rose bush
Jack Watkin portrayed himself as a millionaire with a ‘glamorous lifestyle’ on social media and duped six victims. Photograph: Cheshire police/PA

A convicted paedophile who described himself as the “Kardashian of Cheshire” has been jailed for fraud after he used an elaborate luxury handbag scam to steal nearly £200,000.

Jack Watkin, 26, of Alderley Edge, portrayed himself as a millionaire with a “glamorous lifestyle” on social media and duped six victims, including his own father and friends, into believing he was a “wealthy” and “well-connected” reseller of Hermès handbags.

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