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Updated: 13:16, 19 December 2020
An internet fraudster stole more than £1 million as he tricked about 200 people into handing over their cash through a used car sales scam.
Westerham crook Blake Paterson deceived his victims into paying fake online traders for vehicles - which were never sent to them in return.
Blake Paterson was sentenced to seven and a half yearsâ imprisonment. Picture: Kent Police
A joint investigation carried out by police in Kent and Essex tied the 36-year-old to multiple websites created between 2013 and 2017 that were linked to 44 bogus car businesses.
Visitors to the pages - which were filled with fake reviews - would receive details including refund guarantees and discounts for prompt commitment, before transferring money to a number of bank accounts.
From the Northern Times 25, 50 and 100 years ago By Ali Morrison Published: 19:00, 12 December 2020
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From the newspaper of December 8, 1995
It is worth keeping foreign deep sea trawlers away from the Lochinver-based home fleet even in harbour because of possible damage by the big French and Spanish boats. For this reason, the regional roads and transport committee is being asked this week to refurbish the old Culag fish mart building for use by the visiting European community partner boats. In a report to members, harbours superintendent Robert Massie said the fish mart had a crumbling asbestos roof, doors which were unsafe and general structural decay.