Man Who Claimed To Be Selling Queen’s Walking Stick Sentenced For Fraud

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LONDON (AP) — A 26-year-old man who tried to promote what he claimed was a strolling stick utilized by the late Queen Elizabeth II has been sentenced for defrauding eBay consumers.

Dru Marshall, from Hampshire in southern England, claimed he was a senior footman at Windsor Castle and that the proceeds from the sale of the “antler walking stick” would go to most cancers analysis. The public sale had reached 540 kilos ($686) earlier than he cancelled the itemizing after studying police had launched an investigation, prosecutors stated.

He was discovered responsible of fraud by false illustration at Southampton Magistrates’ Court and sentenced on Monday to a 12-month group order.

“Dru Marshall used the demise of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to attempt to hoodwink the general public with a pretend charity public sale – fueled by greed and a want for consideration,’’ Julie Macey, a senior crown prosecutor, stated. “Marshall’s scheme was in the end foiled earlier than he may efficiently con any unsuspecting victims.’’

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