A white man with a strong Scottish accent swindled a bank out of almost £10,000 by persuading staff he was a wealthy Asian businessman.
Donald Lindsay, aged 40, dressed up in a suit and went into the bank in the quiet Devon town of Ottery St Mary, claiming to be Bradford-based entre-preneur Ali Qumran.
He was accompanied by a smartly dressed woman and cashed two cheques after telling staff he was the director of a genuine company who was buying poultry raising equipment from a local farm for cash.
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