Lowlife fraudster conned 86-year-old Scot out of £1800 savings by pretending to be a tax collector
dailyrecord.co.ukmoney from his bank account after calling his Edinburgh home.But he was snared after bank staff grew concerned about the large withdrawal and alerted police.Baig appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday along with co-accused Abdul Sajjad.Sajjad admitted dragging two police constables alongside his car when he tried to flee them.
The 33-year-old also pled guilty to hitting another officer with the vehicle to her injury while attempting to escape.Fiscal depute Anna Robertson told how Baig called at the victim’s address in the city’s Mountcastle area to collect a “large sum of money”.Ms Robertson said the retiree had earlier been contacted over the phone by Baig who told him his name was ‘Jason’.The court heard Baig claimed the man owed.
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