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Updated: 11 Feb 2021, 10:11 A MUM who faked cancer to swindle more than £52,000 from well-wishers to splurge on holidays sobbed as she was jailed today. Nicole Elkabbas, 42, claimed she needed to pay for life-saving ovarian cancer treatment - then splashed donations on her lavish lifestyle. 8 Nicole Elkabbas, 42, posted a pic claiming to show her stricken in hospital - but was from a previous operation to remove her gallbladderCredit: PA:Press Association 8 She splurged on football tickets an...

Cancer faker Nicole Elkabbas jailed after Gofundme scam  |  Updated: 16:44, 10 February 2021 A fantasist cancer faker who pocketed £50,000 of donations to fund a gambling addiction has today been jailed. Nicole Elkabbas, 42, from Broadstairs, spent well-wishers’ money on jaunts abroad, hotels, restaurants and almost £4,000 on a box at Tottenham Hotspur after gambling £63,000 in a year. Nicole Elkabbas The former Harrods fashion consultant baited almost 700 victims by posting a b...

Man sentenced for attack on child in County Square shopping centre in Ashford  |  Updated: 15:17, 04 February 2021 A mum told of the “endless trauma” her family faced after a stranger sexually attacked her son in a shopping centre. Michael Brown, 30, cut between her and the seven-year-old boy grabbing his arm and assaulting him, in Ashford’s County Square. The incident happened in County Square in Ashford The mother, who cannot be named, said her boy was left traumatised after ...

Nicole Elkabbas will be sentenced for fraud and possession of criminal property She racked up £45,000 in donations by pretending to have Ovarian cancer She was convicted on clear and compelling evidence and told her to expect jail It has now emerged Elkabbas faced further allegations linked to a boxing gala Elkabbas claimed event raised more than £10,000 for Broadstairs Town Team 

Broadstairs cancer faker faced fraud claims over charity boxing gala for Broadstairs Town Team  |  Updated: 15:56, 01 February 2021 A mum who faked cancer to pocket £45,000 of donations also faced allegations of fraud over a charity boxing match she organised. Nicole Elkabbas, from Broadstairs, will be sentenced this week after being found guilty of fraudulently setting up GoFundMe page, claiming she needed the money for life-saving treatment. Nicole Elkabbas Instead, the former Harrods wo...

BBC News Published image captionFouad Kakaei was pictured steering a dinghy across the English Channel A Iranian man has been jailed for more than two years for piloting a dinghy full of migrants across the English Channel on two occasions. Fouad Kakaei, 30, was told he faces deportation at the end of his sentence. He helped steer a boat into Dover in July 2019, but was returned to Denmark, where he had earlier made an unsuccessful asylum claim, Canterbury Crown Court heard. In December 2019,...

Fouad Kakaei, who has fled persecution in Iran, has been jailed and faces possible deportation.

SHARE An Iraqi who was twice seen at the tiller of people-smuggling dinghies in the English Channel was jailed and faces deportation when his sentence is completed. Fouad Kakaei was caught as he tried to reach the UK from France. Judge Mark Weekes accepted that Kakaei, 30, had a “well-founded fear of persecution” in Iraq and was exploited by traffickers. But Mr Weekes said he also played a “significant role” by steering the boats. In a video appearance at Canterbury Crown Court, Kakaei ...

Asylum seeker from Iran jailed and faces deportation after being spotted piloting dinghy through Channel  |  Updated: 12:18, 22 January 2021 An Iranian caught twice illegally entering Kent on small inflatable boats has today been jailed for people smuggling. Nima Bari denied piloting both vessels across the English Channel however, a jury this week found him guilty on one count of people smuggling. Nima Bari, 21 The 21-year-old was sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court for three years for assis...