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 | Updated: 19:29, 26 February 2021 A Newark man who charged a vulnerable woman to resist nearly £20,000 for a £500 job has escaped being sent to jail. The woman had approached Tristan Price, who was working locally in the Retford area, to carry out some garden maintenance work for her. A fraud investigation was launched after the victim was charged £18,250 for taking down one tree, jet-washing the drive, patio and path, pruning three trees and emptying a garage. All of which should have only cost a few hundred pounds. Cash stock. The 22-year-old, of Tolney Lane, Newark, originally...

Police are investigating an attempted fraud after officers were called to a bank in Hailsham. Thursday, 17th December 2020, 1:56 pm The banking staff had become suspicious after the victim – an 80-year-old man from Polegate – attempted to withdraw £6,500 for reasons that were unclear. The transaction was flagged up by Banking Protocol, which is used to help identify and protect vulnerable victims of fraud, and the victim disclosed he was asked to withdraw the money following a series of unusual phone calls. The victim had been called by fraudsters pretending to be police officers who as...