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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent

Man who called himself ‘Kardashian of Cheshire’ admits luxury handbag fraud

Snappily dressed young man holding a luxury handbag
Jack Watkin, 26, had gone on trial at Chester crown court on Monday but changed his plea to guilty on Tuesday. Photograph: Cheshire police/PA

A fraudster who described himself as the “Kardashian of Cheshire” persuaded people to invest thousands of pounds in luxury handbags that failed to materialise by flaunting his luxury lifestyle on social media.

Jack Watkin, 26, of Alderley Edge, had gone on trial at Chester crown court on Monday, but on Tuesday – the second day of the trial – he changed his plea to guilty.

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