A 23-year-old man from Lymm sold a fake watch for £2,650 – even giving his victim a certificate of authenticity.
But in fact the watch was worth only £100.
Magistrates at Warrington ordered Harry Herbert, of Springbank Gardens, Lymm to repay the money to his victim – a 67-year-old man from Merseyside – after he pleaded guilty to fraud by misrepresentation.
They also made him the subject of a nine-week curfew, with electronic monitoring and ordered him to pay £85 court costs and an £85 victim surcharge.
The court was told Herbert sold the “Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Chronograph” in March, knowing it to be a fake. He had advertised it via a classified advertisement and community website.
But his victim subsequently went to jewellery stores who confirmed that both the watch and the certificates were fakes. They valued the watch at around £100.
A jewellery store later told investigating police officers that Herbert had been informed that the watch was a fake in 2017 when they had assessed it for him. He signed a form confirming that he had been given this information.
Presented with the overwhelming evidence officers obtained against him, Herbert originally agreed to receive a caution and attend a victim awareness course on condition he repaid the money.
But he failed to adhere to the condition of repaying the victim so the case was sent to the courts.
Lymm man sold fake watch worth £100 for £2,650
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