Terry Prone: DJ didn’t have Munchausen's, he wasn’t deluded, he was just a crook

When a former client pretended to have cancer to gain attention, she didn't cost Terry Prone anything other than her time

DJ Carey had an acute awareness of his targets and it was a good hearted gullibility that impoverished his victims. File picture: Collins Courts

The pretence was as detailed as was DJ Carey’s. Sustained over a long time. Convincing. 

But it wasn’t done to get money out of anyone. The currency sought was quite different.