Overview

• Chester Crown Court sentenced 26-year-old Jack Watkin to four-and-a-half years for fraud plus 18 months consecutively for indecent child image offences, totaling six years.
• Prosecutors said he took about £195,000 from six victims, including friend Hannah Jakes and Dress Cheshire owner Christine Colbert, as well as his father.
• The scheme relied on claims of insider access to Hermès Birkin bags and promised profit shares, while funds were diverted to his personal spending.
• Evidence presented to the court detailed lavish outlays at Harrods and long stays at The Dorchester in London, where bills exceeded £100,000.
• Watkin must sign the sex offenders register and is subject to a sexual harm prevention order, and Cheshire police say more victims may yet be unidentified.