Boater a ‘gullible fool'

A BOATER, living on a narrowboat at Barton was described as a 'gullible fool' after paying money from a fraud into his bank account.

Frederick Storey was not involved in a £57,000 car fraud, yet agreed to have the illegal gains paid into his bank account. He pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown Court to possessing £57,000 knowing or suspecting it was the proceeds of crime, and has been given a sentence of 12 months in prison suspended for two years and ordered to do 200 hours of unpaid work, Alan Tilbury reveals.

On the internet

At the court is was told that a Holland car dealership selling on the internet was defrauded into paying £57,000 for a Hummer and a Chrysler limousine.  The dealership paid the money on behalf of some one else into the account held by Storey, trading as Elite Carpet Cleaning, but the dealership did not receive the two vehicles.

It was Trevor Berriman, his defence counsel that stated Storey was a gullible fool, as he accepted £2,000 for his bank account to be used, and should have known it was dishonest.