Cruel conman jailed for preying on the elderly

A conman who duped two women aged in their 80s into handing over their bank cards and pin numbers to fund his spending spree has been jailed. Hamit Hamit, 33, was found guilty of eight counts of fraud by false representation and was jailed for five years and four months. The court heard how his two elderly victims, aged 82 and 83, were deceived by telephone calls from Hamit who professed to be calling from their banks on 25 and…