Sounds as if he’d managed to live under the radar in France until now.
(BBC) British conman jailed for six years for running over French policemen
A notorious conman who spent four years in a British jail has now been sentenced to six years in France for ramming his car into two policemen while trying to avoid questioning.
Robert Hendy-Freegard, 53, had moved to a rural area of central France to breed beagles illegally several years ago under a false name.
Neighbours had already been suspicious of him before two Netflix documentaries highlighted his activities as a conman.
Hendy-Freegard had posed as an MI5 spy to con women and students out of £1m**, but he was released after four years when some of his convictions were overturned on appeal.
Representing himself at the court in Gueret, he said he had not been aggressive but he was worried sick.
“I had enough. I panicked,” he told the court, apologising to the two gendarmes he had driven into in the tiny village of Vidaillat west of Clermont-Ferrand.
“I didn’t stop because I’m a human being with emotions.” …
** Conman Mark Acklom (Conman Mark Acklom to be released) told one of his victims, Carolyn Woods, that he was an MI6 agent and stole over £800,000 from her.
