Jordan Nisbet offered his unsuspecting victims gutter and wheelie bin cleaning services, but disappeared after taking their money.
A serial conman who targeted old folk in Wishaw has been jailed for nearly three years.
Jordan Nisbet offered his unsuspecting victims gutter and wheelie bin cleaning services, but disappeared after taking their money.
The 29-year-old, who has a long record for this type of crime, appeared from custody at Hamilton Sheriff Court.
He admitted theft, fraud and robbery charges spanning a five-week period in October and November last year.
The court heard he got £30 from a couple in their 80s in Miller Street after promising to clean their gutters.
Two victims in their 70s in Caledonian Road and Carfin Road, Craigneuk, were each conned out of £18.
They handed over the money after Nisbet told them of his wheelie bin cleaning service. He also stole cash from the Carfin Road address.
Nisbert then robbed a woman of her handbag and purse at Caledonian Retail Park.
Sheriff Louise Gallacher jailed him for 32 months.
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Nisbet had not long completed a 40-month prison sentence when he was caught.
In 2024 he admitted conning householders over gutter work, stealing three piggy banks containing cash from a school and grabbing a charity tin from a shop.
Cash problems have been blamed for his behaviour which have led to a series of jail sentences.
Previously his lawyer told the court: “His crimes are doomed to fail because he lives in Wishaw, is easily recognisable and, given his record, is an immediate suspect for the police.”
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