Scammer spent £70k on designer clothes and holidays after 'ravaging' victim bank accounts

Connor Turner, 21, from Walton, admitted 33 charges including hacking and fraud after stealing over £70,000 from two elderly victims and splashing the cash on Jet2 holidays, designer clothes and trips to Costco


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