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Pensioner's pounds 12,000 blow

Monday 09 August 1993 23:02 BST
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Three conmen duped an 82-year-old woman out of pounds 12,000 for one hour's gardening. Police said the pensioner wrote out a cheque after becoming confused following the work at her home in Holland-on-Sea, near Clacton, Essex.

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