Overview

• Chester Crown Court sentenced 26-year-old Jack Watkin to four-and-a-half years for fraud plus 18 months for indecent-image offences, totaling six years.
• He admitted defrauding six victims of more than £195,000 by falsely promising access to exclusive Hermès handbags for resale profit.
• Named losses included £98,500 from Hannah Jakes, £43,800 from boutique owner Christine Colbert, and £24,500 from his father, with further sums taken from James Irlam, Harrods barman Andor Farkas, and Naheem Akhtar.
• Evidence showed victim funds financed an ostentatious lifestyle, including spending at Harrods and a Dorchester Hotel bill exceeding £100,000.
• Investigators who seized his phones uncovered hundreds of indecent images of children leading to separate convictions, and police say they believe additional fraud victims may yet come forward.