Merseyside Police can confirm two men have been charged with fraud offences following two incidents in Wirral and Sefton in January 2017.

Christopher Smith, aged 48 years of no fixed abode was charged with fraud by false representation x2 and with making a false statement to an insurance company and Andrew Lovell, aged 41 years of Coppice Green, Elton, Chester has been charged with fraud by false representation x2.

Both appeared at Wirral Magistrates this morning (Wednesday, 15 March) and have been remanded to appear on 12 April 2017.

This follows an incident on 5 January, in which a 75-year-old woman was defrauded of £3500 in Claughton, Wirral and a further incident on 9 January when an 84-year-old woman was defrauded of £3200 in Formby, Sefton.