A FORMER estate agent who conned a retired woman out of more than £20,000 has finally been jailed after a court heard he has failed to repay a single penny.
Thomas Grier, of Wolverton Road in Bournemouth, was initially due to be sentenced last year after admitting two counts of fraud and two of theft. The offences were committed between September 2015 and March 2016 while Grier worked for the McConnell Property Group in Southbourne Grove.
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However, a judge deferred the sentence when the defendant said he would begin to repay his victim "immediately". An initial amount of £3,000 in compensation was ordered to be paid within a month.
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