RPY_SWINDLE_003

Bride Hannah Owen lost wedding present money to jailed estate agent, Helen Gregory. See Ross Parry copy RPYSWINDLE : An estate agent has been jailed after she swindled #67,000 from tenants and newlyweds - and pumped the ill-gotten gains into her failing business. Helen Gregory, 55, was investigated by Trading Standards after complaints from tenants who had not received their deposit money back. Following the investigation, Gregory admitted three charges of engaging in unfair commercial practices in August last year. At the time the estate agent - who owned agencies which operated in the Peaks, Dales, and Chesterfield - reassured the court that she would repay the #67,000 to identified victims.