£355,000 love rat fraudster who left victim 'broken-hearted and homeless' told to pay back £1
A love rat fraudster who conned a woman out of hundreds of thousands of pounds and left her "broken-hearted, homeless and penniless" has been ordered to pay back a grand total of £1.
Durmus Akca, aged 41, was jailed earlier this year after conning a Shrewsbury woman out of her home and her father's inheritance on the false promise of a sun-kissed life in the sunshine of Turkey.
He has been back at Shrewsbury Crown Court for a proceeds of crime hearing to see if any of his ill-gotten gains could be recouped.
The court was told that he benefited to the tune of £355,360.39, but was now of limited means and the available amount for him to pay back was £1.
Recorder Adrian Reynolds ordered Akca, of Stapleton Road, Belle Vue, Shrewsbury, to pay £1 and to serve an additional seven days in prison.
It comes after Akca was locked up for five years and eight months in March of this year after admitting fraud by false representation. The victim, her brother and friend popped a bottle of fizz outside court to celebrate Akca getting his comeuppance.
The court was told how the victim's romantic dreams turned into a nightmare, forcing her to declare herself homeless and use food banks to feed herself. It put her "on the brink of suicide".
