Landlord conman books cell accommodation

A fraudster who posed as a landlord to con tenants out of more than £10,000 in deposits is facing jail. James Bennett, 32, reeled in victims with a series of listings on the Spareroom.com website advertising rooms for rent in Brixton, Walworth, Elephant & Castle and Tooting. Inner London Crown Court heard he was not permitted to let any of them and was himself facing eviction from his own home. Bennett ripped off 17 people desperately seeking accommodation were each…