Have you heard the one about the Croydon conman who paid for his shopping in Harrods with a £245,000 dud cheque?
It's no joke - 49-year-old Philip Buffett of Fairfield Road faces a jail term for fraud after paying with a cheque from a closed account for goods including a £183,000 Hublot watch.
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