A "vile" thief who conned an elderly man with Alzheimers disease out of £15,000 has been jailed.

Thomas Boswell, 53, of Sefton Road, Epsom, duped the Raynes Park man out of his savings between 2009 and 2011.

Following a police money laundering investigation, Boswell, from the travelling community, was tracked down to a bank account he was using.

At that time, Boswell had just started working a con on a new victim in Surbiton, but was arrested after an activation on an Automatic Number Plate Reader.

The Surbiton victim also suffered from Alzheimer's and was scammed out of £560 before dying at the start of the year.

At Kingston Crown Court on November 7, Judge Fergus Mitchell, described Boswell's crimes as "Vile, selecting victims who were completely vulnerable and sustained the period of criminality".

He was sentenced to 21 months and 18 months in prison for two charges of fraud by false representation.