Teenager repeats eBay con - escapes jail

Published November 26th, 2005


A teenager has escaped a second spell behind bars for repeating a con on the auction website eBay.
Phillip Shortman, 18, admitted tricking Wales rugby fans out of £8,000 with fictional match tickets.
At the time the south Wales teenager was awaiting sentence for ’selling’ another £45,000 of non-existent goods.
On Friday a judge at Newport Crown Court imposed a 240-hour community punishment order after being told Shortman had reformed in jail.

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