Man jailed for trying to sell someone else’s house
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Man jailed for trying to sell someone else’s house

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A tenant who tried to sell his landlord’s £400,000 house without his knowledge has been jailed for two and a half years. Andrew Smith, 41, came close to swindling a potential buyer of the three-bedroom house – even renting show-home furniture for viewings. Detective Constable Dan Harper from Cambridgeshire Constabulary said: “This is an almost unbelievable and truly brazen crime, which saw an innocent buyer almost part with more than £400,000 for a property that was never for sale in the first place.

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