eBay conman faked his own death

A MAN who faked his own death after ripping off eBay customers was jailed for two years yesterday.

Jason Hart, 33, called his local newspaper claiming to be his own father, to say his son had died in a blaze at the family home after saving his parents from the flames.

The reporter at the Bolton Evening News was taken in by the caller and the paper printed a front-page article headlined “Tragedy of blaze hero”.