Jail for callous swindler who caused misery to 115 pensioners

A fraudster who swindled pensioners out of £11.5m to spend on holidays in Mexico and a deposit on a former royal retreat was jailed for more than eight years. Steve Long, 59, and business partner Raymond Simpson, 78, scammed elderly homeowners who wanted to protect their properties and assets from care home fees and inheritance tax. The pair squandered investors’ life savings on Spanish land purchases, speculative investments, and trips abroad, Southwark Crown Court heard. Long ran several businesses under…