12 years for developer who became a millionaire turning pensioners’ dreams of paradise into a living hell

A crooked property developer was jailed for 12 years after investors lost £400m buying properties at celebrity endorsed holiday resorts in the Caribbean that were never built. Former double glazing salesman David Ames, 70, pocketed millions himself by getting savers and pensioners to buy their dream homes ‘off plan.’ His idea was to build the holiday homes with their deposits – but the cash was spent on agents and slick advertising featuring Wimbledon winner Pat Cash, former Chelsea star Andy…