Canterbury Man is sentenced to 6 years in prison after admitting to repeated fraud worth more than £1 million

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Victims say they experienced financial issues and psychological problems because of what they went through, with man losing more than £400,000.  Finn Macdiarmid reports.

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00:00£1,384,000. That's how much money that Kenny Sanders stole from his victims during a multiple

00:07year campaign of fraud. It has now landed him six years in prison. The fraud involved convincing

00:13some of those closest to him to part with their savings, inheritance and their pension pots.

00:17As he assured them, he was investing their money in a thriving IT company, when in fact he was

00:23using it to gamble. Some of those who watched the scene in the courtroom described it as a frosty

00:27atmosphere. Once the sentence of six years was announced, some began to cry while others buried

00:33their face in their hands. Some of this emotion speaks to the depth of dishonesty that the judge

00:38described. He said that dishonesty has ruined lives and added that the harm caused goes beyond

00:44simple financial losses, with each victim suffering detrimental effects and psychological harm.

00:51Some of those victims spoke to me earlier. I think no matter what, any of the, all of this

00:56whole situation has always continually just made me feel anxious.

00:59Some justice has been done by that. That's not going to bring back the last six, eight years.

01:05Um, and now it's time for me to rebuild and to look at where we go forward from now.

01:13I think, and what makes me more happy is that he's behind bars tonight and he can't do this

01:18to anyone else.

01:19Sanders pled guilty to seven offences of fraud by false representation relating to nine different

01:25cases and one case of fraudulent trading between January, 2015 and 2018. Four other charges of

01:31fraud by false representation involving separate alleged victims were ordered to be left on the

01:36court file. The judge also saw fit to disqualify Sanders from being a company director for 10 years.

01:43If he chose to do so, he would be committing a crime. In the case, there were however, some mitigating

01:48circumstances, with Sanders having pled guilty before his crime was detected and they acknowledged

01:53that he had a gambling addiction. All of this meant that the six-year sentence was a reduced one.

01:58Investigating officer Detective Constable Mark Hutley said Sanders gained the trust of family and friends,

02:04making them think he was nothing other than a respectable businessman, but in fact he was conning them

02:08in order to fund his own gambling habit. This case shows that Kent police take offences of fraud seriously

02:14and that offenders are pursued to gain justice for the victims of this type of crime.

02:18It's been some time since many of the victims had their money taken from them and during that

02:22time they've been subjected to psychological issues, stress and of course financial problems. But now,

02:27with Sanders serving his six-year sentence, they hope that they can now begin to rebuild their lives.

02:33Finn McDermid for KMTV in Canterbury.

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