A serial ticket fraudster who claimed he was ‘a changed man’ after avoiding jail was caught scamming again – less than a month later.
Amrik Gill, 25, a prolific conman who took thousands of pounds for football and concert tickets he didn’t have, was handed a suspended sentence in November.
He was given the final chance after Judge David Hernandez heard he was a compulsive gambler who needed help with his addiction, rather than jail.
But he went back to his old ways again last month, just three weeks after walking free and has now been jailed for 18 months.
After his sentence on November 20, Gill, who has appeared several times in the M.E.N. for his crimes, tweeted: “12 months suspended. Stick that on the front page of your evening news.” When asked on Twitter when he was ‘going back in’ to jail, he wrote: “never going back. I’m a changed man.” He added: “His Honourable Judge Hernandez should be made a sir...”
But the judge ran out of patience when Gill was caught scamming a music fan on Gumtree on December 15.
He swindled £25 from Mark Scullion for tickets to see Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men at the Manchester Academy next month.
After realising he had been duped, Mr Scullion took just seven minutes on the internet to identify Gill. It is understood he typed Gill’s mobile number into Google.
Gill, who has been jailed five times for similar offences, was arrested on Christmas Eve and sent back to prison. At a Manchester magistrates court hearing he admitted fraud and failure to comply with a serious crime prevention order. He has now been jailed after appearing in the dock at Manchester Crown Court wearing a City shirt.
Judge Hernandez told him: “You and I met not so long ago when a tale of woe was being outlined to me by the prosecution. Many individuals had hopes of attending football and rugby matches, and concerts, and they parted with hard-earned cash with someone purporting on the internet to be in a position to supply them with rare tickets.
"Many arrived at the venues hoping to collect the tickets only to find their aspirations dashed. Not only were they out of pocket, they had the indignity of not being able to attend.”
Is he actually a blue and if so has the club not banned him?
Amrik Gill, 25, a prolific conman who took thousands of pounds for football and concert tickets he didn’t have, was handed a suspended sentence in November.
He was given the final chance after Judge David Hernandez heard he was a compulsive gambler who needed help with his addiction, rather than jail.
But he went back to his old ways again last month, just three weeks after walking free and has now been jailed for 18 months.
After his sentence on November 20, Gill, who has appeared several times in the M.E.N. for his crimes, tweeted: “12 months suspended. Stick that on the front page of your evening news.” When asked on Twitter when he was ‘going back in’ to jail, he wrote: “never going back. I’m a changed man.” He added: “His Honourable Judge Hernandez should be made a sir...”
But the judge ran out of patience when Gill was caught scamming a music fan on Gumtree on December 15.
He swindled £25 from Mark Scullion for tickets to see Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men at the Manchester Academy next month.
After realising he had been duped, Mr Scullion took just seven minutes on the internet to identify Gill. It is understood he typed Gill’s mobile number into Google.
Gill, who has been jailed five times for similar offences, was arrested on Christmas Eve and sent back to prison. At a Manchester magistrates court hearing he admitted fraud and failure to comply with a serious crime prevention order. He has now been jailed after appearing in the dock at Manchester Crown Court wearing a City shirt.
Judge Hernandez told him: “You and I met not so long ago when a tale of woe was being outlined to me by the prosecution. Many individuals had hopes of attending football and rugby matches, and concerts, and they parted with hard-earned cash with someone purporting on the internet to be in a position to supply them with rare tickets.
"Many arrived at the venues hoping to collect the tickets only to find their aspirations dashed. Not only were they out of pocket, they had the indignity of not being able to attend.”
Is he actually a blue and if so has the club not banned him?