Overview

• A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing at Cardiff Crown Court determined Paginton gained £150,555 but holds no recoverable assets.
• Judge Simon Mills ordered the 28-year-old to pay a nominal £1 within 28 days for defrauding Jack and Mary Hillier.
• Paginton pleaded guilty in January to seven counts of fraud by false representation and received a four-year, eight-month prison term.
• The court heard she abused her aunt and uncle’s trust from 2017 by forging bank statements, solicitor letters and housebuilder documents.
• An examination of her accounts showed the stolen funds financed stays at Celtic Manor Resort, designer goods from Flannels and travel expenses.