Conman who fleeced bedridden stranger he met on MySpace is jailed for three years

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Frazer Rogers contacted Alison Eyers, 23, who suffers from intracranial hypertension, a swelling of the brain.

Within a month he was persuading her to give him her bank card and credit card.

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Conman: Frazer Rogers met Alison Eyers via the MySpace website

"She went along with it because she felt lonely, had no other friends and did not want to lose him," prosecutor Philip Lee told Truro Crown Court.

"She did not have spare money. Rogers knew this. She attempted to overdose three or four times due to the stress of the accruing debts on his behalf."

The court heard that Rogers, from St Columb Major, near Newquay, also conned a childhood friend, Anna Pipe, by telling her he needed money after getting a girl pregnant.

Miss Pipe gave him £2,000.

Jeremy Leaning, defending, said Rogers wa s "hopelessly" addicted to cocaine and would do anything to fund his habit.

Jailing Rogers for three years, Judge Christopher Elwen said his offence was "mean-spirited wicked and ruthless".