Marc Marshall was in the dock at Inner London Crown Court, (pictured) Southwark, south London, when he poured the substance over himself as witnesses said they heard him ‘wail and scream.’
The victim, from Greater Manchester, first received messages from the scammer on Facebook via a fan page dedicated to Jason Statham. But soon was tricked into transferring him money.
Gail Astin fell for a man she believed was a US marine engineer named David. After romance blossomed, the married mother-of-two was asked to send naked photographs and money.
Jobless Richard Willis, 66, from Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, spent four years plundering the savings of his elderly mother Audrey while she was seriously ill in a care home.
Nigerian father of-five Abolaji Onafuye, 54, claimed he was the brother of Zainab Deen, 32, who died alongside her two-year-old son Jeremiah in the blaze in North Kensington, West London.
Mark Starling, 57, was jailed for five years at Southwark Crown Court after convincing millionaires and even his own daughter Rosalie (pictured) to let him manage their money.
Psychologists and linguists have analysed footage of interviews given by Chris Parker (pictured) in the aftermath of the terror attack in May last year, in which 23 people died.
Legacy Parking, which charges around £60 a week, says on its website that customers’ vehicles are kept in a ‘fenced and secured parking facility’ near Gatwick Airport in Sussex.
Shameless Sarah Armstrong, 41, from Wokingham, Berkshire, paid company invoices into her own account when she worked at a tech firm- despite earning a six-figure salary.
Carlos Henrique Raposo – known as ‘Carlos Kaiser’ because of his self-professed similarity to Germany legend Franz Beckenbauer – played for clubs in South America, the US and Europe.