A FRAUDSTER fleeced his girlfriends of tens of thousands of pounds, a court heard three years ago.
Simon Wilkinson used his married lover as a ‘cash cow’ and threatened suicide if she did not come back.
He was jailed for three years after he admitted five frauds and three thefts when he appeared before Recorder Timothy Raggatt at Worcester Crown Court in 2017.
Wilkinson, 50 at the time and of no fixed abode, committed a £60,000 fraud against the first victim after he failed to repay a series of loans between November 1, 2014 and October 1, 2016.
She met him on a cruise in November 2014 and they began a relationship, leaving her husband for him. Wilkinson persuaded her to buy him a Rolex watch for £5,000 and promised to pay her back but she never saw the money, the court heard.
He moved to Portugal with her, setting up a poolside sun cream selling business.
Wilkinson claimed he had opened a bank account that he transferred money into it, but the card rarely worked and he made regular excuses for it.
Richard McConaghy, prosecuting, said Wilkinson claimed to have sold property in Spain for €350,000 and would buy them a new house with the proceeds, but never did.
Mr McConaghy added: “(The victim) became depressed and returned to her husband in the UK.
"The defendant emotionally blackmailed her to return to him, threatening suicide. The business in Portugal was now abandoned and they travelled to Spain, still living off (the victim's) credit card. She described herself as feeling like a cash cow at thi ..
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