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Fraudster David Aves of Suffolk jailed again after life of crime | Fraudster David Aves of Suffolk jailed again after life of crime |
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A Suffolk man has been jailed for illegally selling vehicles - the latest in a string of more than 150 fraud offences committed in his lifetime. | |
David Aves, 54, of Bradfield St George, had spent most of his adult life in prison, Ipswich Crown Court heard. | |
He admitted fraudulently selling the vehicles to his victim for £9,000 in October, just days after his release from prison for a previous conviction. | He admitted fraudulently selling the vehicles to his victim for £9,000 in October, just days after his release from prison for a previous conviction. |
He was jailed again for 13 months for the latest offence. | He was jailed again for 13 months for the latest offence. |
The prosecution said he had agreed to buy the three vehicles - a Kubota mini excavator owned by Aston Plant Hire of Mildenhall, Suffolk, and a Mercedes van and a JCB farm loader owned by a site in Timworth, Devon. | The prosecution said he had agreed to buy the three vehicles - a Kubota mini excavator owned by Aston Plant Hire of Mildenhall, Suffolk, and a Mercedes van and a JCB farm loader owned by a site in Timworth, Devon. |
'Inevitability of detection' | 'Inevitability of detection' |
Despite not having paid for or taken delivery of them, he took money from a businessman to whom he agreed to sell the vehicles. | Despite not having paid for or taken delivery of them, he took money from a businessman to whom he agreed to sell the vehicles. |
Katharine Moore, Aves's defence counsel, said his mother had recently died and he had been diagnosed with an unspecified "serious medical condition". | Katharine Moore, Aves's defence counsel, said his mother had recently died and he had been diagnosed with an unspecified "serious medical condition". |
She said he had used his own bank account in the fraud and "there was an inevitability that he would be detected". | She said he had used his own bank account in the fraud and "there was an inevitability that he would be detected". |
Sentencing him, Judge John Devaux said, that despite his poor health, Aves had shown "little diminution of his powers" to commit fraud. | Sentencing him, Judge John Devaux said, that despite his poor health, Aves had shown "little diminution of his powers" to commit fraud. |
He told Aves: "It may be that you will be shocked into ceasing to offend, but that remains to be seen." | He told Aves: "It may be that you will be shocked into ceasing to offend, but that remains to be seen." |
The court also heard that Aves managed to get released from Norwich Prison in 1995 using forged papers which he had arranged to have faxed to the jail. | The court also heard that Aves managed to get released from Norwich Prison in 1995 using forged papers which he had arranged to have faxed to the jail. |
His first fraud conviction was in 1976. | His first fraud conviction was in 1976. |
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