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Callous Scots conman who posed as police officer to swindle £35k from vulnerable OAPs is jailed

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Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.He instructed her to go to her bank at once, even offering to pay for a taxi, and withdraw £4000 and put it in an envelope with her bank card and PIN.Posing as a police officer, Ratcliffe, wearing a hi-viz yellow jacket and a police ID badge on a lanyard, collected the wad “for fingerprint examination”.Mrs Alex Kirk, prosecuting, said the woman had been instructed to remain on the phone to Ratcliffe’s accomplice throughout the trip to and from the bank, and did so.He then set up online banking to transfer money from her savings account to her current account – so he could access it with the card – and Ratcliffe again travelled to the jewellers and made two attempts to buy £10,000.

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