Fraud

Fraudster tricked lover out of £12,000 and told her: Report me and MI5 will ‘get rid of you’

SOLDIER Alastair Gordon tricked a lover out of £12,000 and told her if she reported him she would be ‘got rid of’ as he was an MI5 agent. Gordon, a Royal Artillery gunner at Baker Barracks in Thorney Island, struck up a relationship with the woman he met on a dating website. Portsmouth Crown Court heard the 37-year-old told the woman he was a retired army major who had served in Afghanistan and left due to an injury but still worked on Thorney Island for the army.
Prosecutor Daniel Sawyer said Gordon would visit the 38-year-old woman’s Gosport home but never stayed the night as he claimed he had to look after his sick mother.