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Lorry driver who posed as dead man next door to swindle £60,000 is jailed
Hull Crown Court.Ben Hammersley, prosecuting, told the court Thompson had been unofficially caring for his 78-year-old neighbour, David Traylen, for almost 20 years.The court heard Mr Traylen did not have any known relatives or beneficiaries to his estate when he died on October 2, 2017.Thompson registered David's death with Hull City Council but then called up First Direct bank impersonating Mr Traylen and asking for the £28,000 in his savings account to be transferred into his current account.Posing as Mr Traylen, reports Hull Live, the lorry driver told the bank he was "very ill and wanted to sort out his funds". He then wrote himself a cheque for £25,000.Over the next two years, the court heard, Thompson used the money for his family's day-to-day expenditure.