Conman swindled TT rider out of his vintage Ducati

A jewellery gold dealer who cheated vulnerable customers including cancer victims out of more than £2m has been jailed for 12 years. James Charles, 49, tricked 31 victims including a former Isle of Man TT racer who handed the ‘practised and inveterate fraudster’ his vintage Ducati bike. Charles offered to sell high-value jewellery and designer watches on behalf of his clients through his company Olympia Mayfair between August 2022 and 2026. He reeled in victims by advertising on a professional-looking…