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Bath Road con artist sent to jail
A FRAUDSTER who lied about her family members being involved in a car accident to trick good samaritans out of cash has been jailed.
Sukhvinder Dhillon, 38, of Bath Road, West Drayton, was sentenced to 12 months behind bars after being found in possession of a coat she also took from one of her victims.
On four separate occasions Dhillon knocked on doors, pretending to be in trouble and asking residents for emergency cash.
PC Dali Bassi, of the Heathrow Villages Safer Neighbourhood Team, said: "She was knocking on people's doors giving a sob story. She would say her mum or sister had been in a car accident and she needed money for a taxi to get to Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, offering to come and give the money back.
"She was given between £50 and £70 and made more than £200 in total. She was tugging on people's heart strings for her own gain."
Dhillon admitted to doing this on four separate occasions in November and December, each in Harlington.
She never returned to any of the houses to hand back the cash.
PC Bassi said: "The victims were all disgusted when they found out it was a scam.
"They had made enquiries and realised she did not live at the address she had given them.
"We started investigating; after making enquiries her name came up. When we went to speak to her she was wearing a coat one of her victims had kindly given her."
Dhillon was arrested and appeared at Isleworth Crown Court on January 13. She was sentenced to a year in jail.
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