A gambler who conned ?50,000 out of colleagues by pretending he and his son were seriously ill has been jailed for six years.
Neil Jackson said he needed cash to get private treatment for his cancer and his baby son?s cerebral palsy.
Generous workmates handed the former Tesco store manager bundles of cash to pay for treatment.
But the callous conman spent some of the money on trips to Las Vegas and Hawaii and sent texts pretending to be at the hospital bedside of his son Zac while really in America.
The court heard Jackson, 30, kept up the deception for three years while his son was healthy and he only had a football-related foot injury.
Passing sentence at Newport crown court, Judge David Morris told him: ?Your deceit was despicable against people who you knew to be vulnerable because of their generosity.?
Customer services manager Jacqueline Powell, who was tricked out of more than ?28,000, was so close to Jackson that he called her ?mam? and she regarded him as a son.
this guy does not deserve to live!
Neil Jackson said he needed cash to get private treatment for his cancer and his baby son?s cerebral palsy.
Generous workmates handed the former Tesco store manager bundles of cash to pay for treatment.
But the callous conman spent some of the money on trips to Las Vegas and Hawaii and sent texts pretending to be at the hospital bedside of his son Zac while really in America.
The court heard Jackson, 30, kept up the deception for three years while his son was healthy and he only had a football-related foot injury.
Passing sentence at Newport crown court, Judge David Morris told him: ?Your deceit was despicable against people who you knew to be vulnerable because of their generosity.?
Customer services manager Jacqueline Powell, who was tricked out of more than ?28,000, was so close to Jackson that he called her ?mam? and she regarded him as a son.
this guy does not deserve to live!
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