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Shameless conwoman said husband died in Grenfell Tower fire to claim handouts and free Hilton hotel stay
Facing jail: Joyce Msokeri
A shameless conwoman who falsely claimed her husband had died in the Grenfell Tower disaster so she could receive handouts and a free stay at the Hilton is facing years behind bars today.
Joyce Msokeri, 47, spun a web of lies and spent weeks posing as a survivor of the inferno so she could scoop up around £10,000-worth of clothes, electrical goods, food, and cash gifts.
The fraudster took so many handouts that her hotel room – given to her for free after she pretended to have lost her home – was "full to bursting" and she had to store suitcases of freebies with the concierge.
Charities, well-wishers, and Kensington and Chelsea council were all duped by Msokeri, who claimed her husband had been lost in the fire when he heroically dashed to try to help a neighbour’s children.
However, her story began to unravel when she claimed to live in a flat that did not exist, and gave differing versions of her tale of woe.
Fraud investigators eventually discovered Msokeri actually lived miles away, in Sutton, south London, and had been on the phone to Sky ranting about her television reception just hours before coming forward as a survivor.
In a desperate bid to maintain her lies, Msokeri first claimed she had seen her husband in TV footage of the fire, then bamboozled a man with mental health problems into posing as her husband and pretending he had been in hospital the whole time.
Full Story: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/cri...aim-handouts-faces-years-behind-a3790836.html
Facing jail: Joyce Msokeri
A shameless conwoman who falsely claimed her husband had died in the Grenfell Tower disaster so she could receive handouts and a free stay at the Hilton is facing years behind bars today.
Joyce Msokeri, 47, spun a web of lies and spent weeks posing as a survivor of the inferno so she could scoop up around £10,000-worth of clothes, electrical goods, food, and cash gifts.
The fraudster took so many handouts that her hotel room – given to her for free after she pretended to have lost her home – was "full to bursting" and she had to store suitcases of freebies with the concierge.
Charities, well-wishers, and Kensington and Chelsea council were all duped by Msokeri, who claimed her husband had been lost in the fire when he heroically dashed to try to help a neighbour’s children.
However, her story began to unravel when she claimed to live in a flat that did not exist, and gave differing versions of her tale of woe.
Fraud investigators eventually discovered Msokeri actually lived miles away, in Sutton, south London, and had been on the phone to Sky ranting about her television reception just hours before coming forward as a survivor.
In a desperate bid to maintain her lies, Msokeri first claimed she had seen her husband in TV footage of the fire, then bamboozled a man with mental health problems into posing as her husband and pretending he had been in hospital the whole time.
Full Story: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/cri...aim-handouts-faces-years-behind-a3790836.html