Jail for ‘Plenty of Fish’ conman

A conman who claimed he had been kidnapped by loan sharks to fleece his lover out of nearly £30,000 was jailed for 27 months. Matthew Mills, 34, smooth-talked a woman into believing he was a high rolling finance boss after meeting her on dating website Plenty of Fish in December 2017. She travelled from Birmingham to London to meet Mills and he wined and dined her at top restaurants, Croydon Crown Court heard. Claire Robinson, prosecuting, said: ‘He told her…