Nicole Elkabbas will be sentenced for fraud and possession of criminal property
She racked up £45,000 in donations by pretending to have Ovarian cancer
She was convicted on clear and compelling evidence and told her to expect jail
It has now emerged Elkabbas faced further allegations linked to a boxing gala
Elkabbas claimed event raised more than £10,000 for Broadstairs Town Team
Broadstairs cancer faker faced fraud claims over charity boxing gala for Broadstairs Town Team
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Updated: 15:56, 01 February 2021
A mum who faked cancer to pocket £45,000 of donations also faced allegations of fraud over a charity boxing match she organised.
Nicole Elkabbas, from Broadstairs, will be sentenced this week after being found guilty of fraudulently setting up GoFundMe page, claiming she needed the money for life-saving treatment.
Nicole Elkabbas
Instead, the former Harrods worker transferred tens of thousands of pounds from well-wishers - who were convinced she was dying - into her personal bank account and used it to fund a gambling problem as well as jaunts abroad and nearly £4,000 worth of Tottenham Hotspur tickets.
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image captionFouad Kakaei was pictured steering a dinghy across the English Channel
A Iranian man has been jailed for more than two years for piloting a dinghy full of migrants across the English Channel on two occasions.
Fouad Kakaei, 30, was told he faces deportation at the end of his sentence.
He helped steer a boat into Dover in July 2019, but was returned to Denmark, where he had earlier made an unsuccessful asylum claim, Canterbury Crown Court heard.
In December 2019, he again helped to pilot a dinghy across the Channel.
He attempted to claim asylum, but was arrested and held on remand until trial, the court heard.
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An Iraqi who was twice seen at the tiller of people-smuggling dinghies in the English Channel was jailed and faces deportation when his sentence is completed.
Fouad Kakaei was caught as he tried to reach the UK from France.
Judge Mark Weekes accepted that Kakaei, 30, had a “well-founded fear of persecution” in Iraq and was exploited by traffickers.
But Mr Weekes said he also played a “significant role” by steering the boats.
In a video appearance at Canterbury Crown Court, Kakaei pleaded guilty to two charges of assisting unlawful immigration.
He was jailed for two years and two months, much of which he has already spent on remand since the crossings in 2019. After serving the sentence he will probably be deported.