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File images of Guardsmen, Tinder and Winchester Crown Court Pictures: PA A BRITISH Army guardsman scammed women out of tens of thousands of pounds – splurging the cash on a gambling addiction that was costing him up to £8,000 a month. “Sweetheart fraudster” Nathan Walker, 29, who served in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, persuaded three women to part with £33,300 in loans or by paying for items like tickets and phone top-ups. The soldier’s victims told the court they’d been forced to take out loans to cover their loss. One woman said she couldn’t see herself ever owning a house because her savings and credit rating had been decimated by Walker. Another said she felt she’d let her son down by choosing to help a stranger rather than provide for her child.
Judge Jane Miller QC told the conman, of Lille Barracks, Aldershot, at Winchester Crown Court (pictured) his offending had been systematic, calculated and despicable .
File images of Guardsmen, Tinder and Winchester Crown Court Pictures: PA A BRITISH Army guardsman scammed women out of tens of thousands of pounds – splurging the cash on a gambling addiction that was costing him up to £8,000 a month. “Sweetheart fraudster” Nathan Walker, 29, who served in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, persuaded three women to part with £33,300 in loans or by paying for items like tickets and phone top-ups. The soldier’s victims told the court they’d been forced to take out loans to cover their loss. One woman said she couldn’t see herself ever owning a house because her savings and credit rating had been decimated by Walker. Another said she felt she’d let her son down by choosing to help a stranger rather than provide for her child.
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