A callous con man has been jailed after trying to con an elderly man out of their money - with the whole incident caught on doorbell camera
Tommy Taylor, 31, of Stourport-on-Severn near Birmingham, was caught on a doorbell camera approaching the victim’s address in Fernhill Heath in November last year, and demanding £1,000 for roofing work which never took place.
At first the victim, who appears to be an elderly man, can be heard saying he doesn't have the cash at home, bu will go and get it from a cash machine. Taylor encourages him to do so and says he will come back later.Taylor replies: 'You haven't mate. I'm the manager. I'm from the thingy, you haven't paid me. You probably gave the money to someone else. I'm the manager look. I've got ID.
The pensioner then says he is going to call the police and Taylor walks off quickly, telling the victim: 'Well I'll send the thingy then." Taylor was arrested in February 2023. He denied trying to defraud the couple, and said that people had sent him to the house whom he believed had done the roofing work.
But he was convicted of fraud by false representation and Worcester Magistrates Court and jailed for 26 weeks. He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £150.
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