Wimbledon scam is OAP’s 96th offence

TICKET CON Clugston

A 73-YEAR-OLD conman known as Champagne Charlie has admitted selling fake corporate packages to Wimbledon.

John Clugston, who has a six-decade history of criminality, offered a Sohobased entertainment company tickets in 2018.

Clugston sold Parkland Pictures employee John Cairns a “premium” deal of a pair of tickets, food, transport, and a meet-andgreet service for £1,500.

Westminster magistrates heard Clugston then disappeared with the cash.

Prosecutor Jonathan Bryan said Clugston’s record of 96 offences began with a theft in 1960.

Clugston, of Brighton, admitted fraud by false representation.

He was granted bail and will be sentenced later.