A man who made over £11,000 after scamming vulnerable Surrey residents as an unqualified locksmith has been jailed for 18 months

Shaun Phasey from Staines was trading as SP Locks and 24/7 Emergency Locksmith Services over a nine-month period.

He quoted and subsequently completed work for five residents who paid via a chip and pin device.

They later noticed much higher amounts of money had been taken from their bank accounts, most of which were in the thousands.

When they contacted Phasey, he offered to refund them but never did.

Upon sentencing, a judge told him he would have received a suspended sentence had he been true to his word and re-payed his victims.