Darren Salter : jailed after stealing his parents' savings

**Mid** · 02-03-2013, 02:38 PM

Son jailed after stealing his parents' savings
Saturday, March 02, 2013

A timeshare salesman has been jailed for plundering his parents' life savings and blowing £27,000 on a doomed restaurant venture in Thailand.

Darren Salter, 46, cashed in £25,000 worth of premium bonds and stole another £2,000 investment from his father because he believed he could make a fortune with his new business.

The would-be entrepreneur did not consult his family before taking the money which he lost within weeks when his café-bar in Chang Mai folded.

Salter vanished in Thailand after taking the money and his worried parents called the Foreign Office to try to trace him before they realised what he had done.

He left his mother with savings of just £4,678 and his father with just £13,350 for their retirement after he forged their signatures so he could cash in their premium bonds.

Salter, of Hollingarth Way, Hemyock, near Cullompton, admitted four offences of fraud and was jailed for ten months by Judge Francis Gilbert, QC, at Exeter Crown Court.

The judge told him: "This was a gross betrayal of trust owed by you to your parents."

thisisdevon.co.uk

**Ozcol** · 02-03-2013, 02:58 PM

What a scumbag.

**Butterfly** · 02-03-2013, 03:02 PM

awesome !!!

**Boon Mee** · 02-03-2013, 03:25 PM

Sounds like the parents didn't raise him right...

**cymru** · 02-03-2013, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by Mid

Darren Salter, 46, cashed in £25,000 worth of premium bonds and stole another £2,000 investment from his father because he believed he could make a fortune with his new business.

The would-be entrepreneur did not consult his family before taking the money which he lost within weeks when his café-bar in Chang Mai folded.

What an idiot

**hillbilly** · 02-03-2013, 04:04 PM

What is also sad is that the parents did not really have enough money to begin with to enjoy their golden years.

**gaysexbyproxy** · 02-03-2013, 04:10 PM

Thailand is not the place if you're trying to strike it rich, unless your idea of rich is just getting a lot of pussy.

**The Master Cool** · 02-03-2013, 04:41 PM

What was the name of the cafe-bar he opened in Chiang Mai?

**Tom Sawyer** · 02-03-2013, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by gaysexbyproxy

Thailand is not the place if you're trying to strike it rich, unless your idea of rich is just getting a lot of pussy.

... In which case, you've hit the jackpot

**Kurgen** · 02-03-2013, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by Tom Sawyer

Originally Posted by gaysexbyproxy

Thailand is not the place if you're trying to strike it rich, unless your idea of rich is just getting a lot of pussy.

... In which case, you've hit the jackpot

Yep, plenty of cnuts about.

**taxexile** · 02-03-2013, 05:50 PM

and was jailed for ten months

meaning he will serve 20 weeks, for a £27,000 fraud/theft.

**Sampattaya** · 02-03-2013, 06:57 PM

"Reap what you sow" comes to mind.

**Rocksteady** · 02-03-2013, 07:26 PM

Sounds like a plot out of Corrers

**ribblerat** · 02-03-2013, 07:50 PM

I often hear of people in the UK getting caught for fraud offences against the DWP etc ..
Often running into hundreds of thousands of pounds in falsely claimed housing benefit , Child allowance , invalidity benefit and so on ..
A vast amount of the perps tend to be African or Pakistani immigrants ..
When they do finally get caught and more often than not they have had a couple of houses bought and funded by the British tax payer , they have more often than not spirited off the proceeds of the said houses back to Africa and Pakistan , and now increasingly Romania .. Where the money gets swallowed up in the already corrupt banking system , where they convert it into building new property's at the expense of the British Tax payer in their home Countries ...
The most laughable thing is that when they are brought to Court , they receive paltry sentences of something like 12 - 18 months , and in many cases not even deported when they finish their sentences , but are given more benefits on their release from their paltry sentences ...

God no wonder half the Scammers in Africa and Asia , and now Eastern Europe are clambering to get into the UK ...
No wonder the UK is the laughing stock of the civilised and not so civilised World ..

**Spin** · 02-03-2013, 08:25 PM

Maybe he just wanted to get back at them for spelling his name wrong.

**Tom Sawyer** · 02-03-2013, 09:41 PM

Originally Posted by Kurgen

Originally Posted by Tom Sawyer

Originally Posted by gaysexbyproxy

Thailand is not the place if you're trying to strike it rich, unless your idea of rich is just getting a lot of pussy.

... In which case, you've hit the jackpot

Yep, plenty of cnuts about.

Plenty of cnuts around - not "about" -- about to do what?

**Dead Metal** · 02-03-2013, 09:57 PM

Originally Posted by Mid

left his mother with savings of just £4,678 and his father with just £13,350 for their retirement after he forged their signatures so he could cash in their premium bonds.

States that he had "forged their signature" does that mean they do not lose their money !!! I hope not

**BobR** · 02-03-2013, 10:03 PM

Imagine that, he's jailed and being held responsible for the consequences of his actions. That would never happen here, especially to a male child.

**jamescollister** · 02-03-2013, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by Dead Metal

Originally Posted by Mid

left his mother with savings of just £4,678 and his father with just £13,350 for their retirement after he forged their signatures so he could cash in their premium bonds.

States that he had "forged their signature" does that mean they do not lose their money !!! I hope not

Would think in this case the parents would not be liable for the loss. Money was taken fraudulently and it is the fault of the money holder, not the parents. Jim

**farmerfloyd** · 02-03-2013, 10:07 PM

Should have debters prison again on some island, starve or work. Get Joe from
arizona to run it. He seems to do pretty good job , tents no Air Cond, wear
pink and white stripe uniforms. Love that man. Nobody with any balls any more.

**BobR** · 02-03-2013, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by jamescollister

Originally Posted by Dead Metal

Originally Posted by Mid

left his mother with savings of just £4,678 and his father with just £13,350 for their retirement after he forged their signatures so he could cash in their premium bonds.

States that he had "forged their signature" does that mean they do not lose their money !!! I hope not

Would think in this case the parents would not be liable for the loss. Money was taken fraudulently and it is the fault of the money holder, not the parents. Jim

Interesting point, whether the bank or other money holder would be liable for the loss and whether the victims relationship with the thief would make any difference.

There are many loser and drug addicted adult children living with their parents permanently, so thefts like this are probably not all that rare.

**Looper** · 02-03-2013, 10:54 PM

Bank might be liable if they have been negligent. However, If they have a process for withdrawals which includes by a proxy relative with signature then they may have followed correct procedures and not be liable.

**Dillinger** · 02-03-2013, 10:57 PM

Why has the Headline been altered from the source it was taken from ?

They should have known he was a cnut when he started selling timeshares

**Tom Sawyer** · 02-03-2013, 11:01 PM

Basically, this is just a sad story with a pathetic son..

**kingwilly** · 02-03-2013, 11:08 PM

Originally Posted by jamescollister

Originally Posted by Dead Metal

Originally Posted by Mid

left his mother with savings of just £4,678 and his father with just £13,350 for their retirement after he forged their signatures so he could cash in their premium bonds.

States that he had "forged their signature" does that mean they do not lose their money !!! I hope not

Would think in this case the parents would not be liable for the loss. Money was taken fraudulently and it is the fault of the money holder, not the parents. Jim

Where will the replacement money come from then?

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