A love rat fraudster who conned a Shrewsbury woman out of £269,000 leaving her 'a homeless, penniless wreck' has been jailed.
A love rat fraudster who conned a Shrewsbury woman out of £269,000 leaving her "a homeless, penniless wreck" has been jailed.Durmus Akca conned a Shrewsbury woman out of her home and her father's inheritance on the false promise of a sun-kissed life in the sunshine of Turkey.
The ordeal left the victim having to declare herself homeless, using food banks to feed herself and on the brink of suicide. The victim's dad became ill and, with added care responsibilities and the emotional stress, she leaned on Akca for support and described him as"her rock". However Akca used the opportunity to worm his way into her affections, pestering her into giving him large sums of money. Their status together turned from friends into a relationship.
Eventually, in August 2020, she joined him in Turkey but, instead of living together, he said their home was not ready, so put her up in a flat and left her on her own. In a victim impact statement, she said:"He always promised to pay me back and I fell for it. I can't believe how stupid I was. If you read it in a book, you would think 'how can that woman be so stupid?'
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