Can you tell a reformed criminal when you see one? This fascinating series shows the tricky questions faced by those who must decide the fate of a serial fraudster and a man who kicked a West Ham fan to death
“The media called me Casanova Coombs, Don Juan,” recalls 58-year-old convicted fraudster David Coombs from his cell in HMP Wormwood Scrubs.
That seems a stretch. Neither Casanova nor Don Juan groomed victims on Smooch.com before fleecing them of their savings. Neither spent 40 years as a conman, nor were they sentenced to four years’ jail in 2017 by a judge who described Coombs as a “predator” who ruthlessly took advantage of the people (though mostly women) he, inconceivably, charmed.
