Conman Neil Jackson jailed for six years after false sickness claims for son

A CONMAN who lied about having cancer and falsely claimed his son suffered from cerebral palsy to swindle thousands of pounds from his workmates was jailed for six years yesterday.

Neil Jackson, 30, of Mathias Close, Penylan, Cardiff, conned 56,285 from four work colleagues through three years of lying about the health of himself and his son.

Among his most outrageous lies, Jackson claimed he was by his sick sons hospital bedside while he was in fact on holiday with his family in Las Vegas.

Jackson conned two women at a Tesco store where he worked after claiming he had cancer and needed money for medical treatment.

And he also committed fraud against two other colleagues at a sports store by telling them that his son was seriously ill and urgently needed medical help.

Jackson supported his lies by creating text messages from an imaginary nurse called Claire and arranging to meet one of his victims outside University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, the court heard.

Delivering his sentence at Newport Crown Court yesterday, Judge David Morris said: Everyone needs to know that those who prey on the public in such as well-organised and manipulative way as you did will lose their liberty.

Jackson pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud and one count of theft at a hearing in Cardiff last month. He was sentenced yesterday to a total of six years behind bars for the crimes.

Jacksons lies began in 2008 while he was employed as a customer services manager for Tesco in Cardiff.

Employee Kathleen Howell had heard from colleagues that Jackson was taking time off work after he had been diagnosed with cancer.

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Conman Neil Jackson jailed for six years after false sickness claims for son