The story of the con man continues!!

Guess what..... we had another phone call from our friendly con man Jason Barker. Funnily enough we were waiting for the police constable to phone to ask us to unlock the gate leading to the moorings. Imagine our surprise when we got a call from Jason. He told Ian he was sorry he hadn't returned the money and if we were still at Stourport he would come over and repay our £10.  Ian informed him we had moved to Droitwich but of course that was much to far for him to drive and return the cash ( He could drive 80 miles to see his dad but not able to do the few miles to Droitwich!) Anyway he said he would mail it to us, as if we believed him. So not long afterwards a very attractive lady PC ( Ian's words)  Kate Medlum arrived and not the male constable we had expected. The boat was a new experience for her and she had been asked to go instead of her colleague because apparently he was a very big man and he was concerned he wouldn't fit in the boat. She confirmed this when she told us he would have had to be shoehorned  in and once in would never had got out. That's a big fellow!!!!Anyway I digress. We proceeded with the written interview and after I had signed and agreed to go to court if it came to that, she gave us the information that Jason has an ASBO order on him. He is also in breach of his court order that had been put in place in 2007 which states that he is not allowed to solicit money from any member of the public whether given voluntary or seized. So as an update to the comment see post I received from  Bruce and Shelia on Sanity again it sounds like he was still bound by the court when he conned them as well. On leaving us PC Medlum's plan was to go to Kidderminster where his last known address was and arrest him. She has promised to keep us informed but as yet have had no news. I assume that her plan to date has failed as no phone call has materialised. Again I will keep you all informed if and when we are told. One thing she has asked us to do is to tell as many boaters as possible that Jason operates along the stretch of Staffs and worcs canal from Kidderminster to Stourport and not to give him any money whatsoever. Phone West Mercia Police on 0300 333 3000 if approached.