Romance Fraudster jailed – Barry McElduff KC prosecuted for the Crown
Model Gemma Kingsley, 50, of Beadnell in Northumberland, conned men into spending tens of thousands of pounds to fund her lavish lifestyle. Today she was jailed for seven years and seven months at Swindon Crown Court.
The court heard that, across four years, Kingsley wove “a web of lies”, tricking men into relationships saying she was soon to inherit a large fortune, using that to persuade them to spend huge sums on her behalf. Kingsley also stole or used false bank card details to pay thousands of pounds for hotel stays, including at a five-star Alpine resort in France.
At a previous hearing, she pleaded guilty to six counts of theft, four counts of fraud by false representation, two counts of using a false instrument with intent that it will be accepted as genuine, and one count of being in possession of an article for use in fraud.
Barry McElduff KC was instructed by the Wessex Complex Casework Unit.
Romance fraudster Gemma Kingsley jailed at Wiltshire court – BBC News
Fraudster jailed for conning men into funding her lavish lifestyle | Wiltshire Police
