A gambler who conned his best friend out of £59,000 by pretending to have terminal cancer has been jailed for 16 months.
Martin McCarthy, 54, made the bogus claims to Raymond Doyle at his home in Glasgow's Summerston between August 2018 and July 2021. McCarthy pretended that he had to go to London to receive specialist treatment and Mr Doyle paid his expenses.
He was under the false belief he would receive his money back under as McCarthy was due a large pension pay-out. The conman also scarred his head and sent pictures pretended to have brain surgery to continue the ruse.
