‘King Con’ posed as DPP to lure women
Paul “King Con” Bint, who has spent a lifetime “worming” his way into the “hearts and homes” of the opposite sex, wined and dined unsuspecting victims he met through lonely hearts ads or the internet.
Throughout his latest campaign of deceit, the unlikely-looking lothario sported all the trappings of a successful barrister enjoying high-powered connections. The 47-year-old told some of his “conquests” he was Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keir Starmer, while another knew him as Jonathan Reese QC.
He boasted of owning a fleet of luxury cars including one used in the James Bond film Goldeneye, claimed he had socialised with former 007 star Pierce Brosnan, was friends with singer Robbie Williams and had once been married to British comedy actress Sarah Alexander.
Bint also spoke of his various homes, including a riverside penthouse, and said his parents were judges. None of it was true.
Southwark Crown Court in London heard he even promised one woman a holiday in a sun-drenched Caribbean idyll.
Yet when he thought her affections might lie elsewhere, he got nasty.
He scrawled “bitch” on the side of her home, blamed his potential rival, claimed the man had repeatedly assaulted an ex-girlfriend and convinced her to dump him.
Riel Karmy-Jones, prosecuting, said by the time they realised who he was, he had misused a credit card belonging to one of them and stolen a valuable bracelet from another.
Bint, who owned up in court to a 30-year criminal career, insisted, however, that on this occasion he had done nothing wrong.
He said while he had genuinely been interested in seeing if his latest “friendships” could develop into something “long term”, they had repaid his affections with lies.
The jury disagreed. It convicted him of five counts committed between April 27 and May 5 this year.
Two were for fraud by false representation – cheating a taxi driver of a £60 fare and using a credit card belonging to one of his women victims.
Another was for stealing a bracelet, burgling the robing room at St Albans Crown Court and stealing a barrister’s laptop, and test driving a £59,000 Audi R8 while disqualified,
He was cleared of seven other credit card frauds, and four of driving while disqualified, including one on the judge’s direction.
Bint, of no fixed address, showed no reaction as the verdicts were delivered.
He remained equally impassive as Judge Deborah Taylor remanded him in custody until November 3 for sentence.
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