Four men have appeared in court charged with defrauding an elderly Tonbridge woman.

The four were alleged to have been involved in a bogus police scam in which the pensioner was defrauded of around £1,500.

The victim, who is in her 80s, was reported to have been contacted in October 2019 and persuaded to give up her bank cards as part of a fake police investigation, which were then used to purchase fuel and withdraw cash.

Detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate carried out inquiries into the incident along with a similar offence in Hertfordshire in which another woman in her 80s lost around £500.

The four men appeared before Maidstone Crown Court yesterday charged with conspiracy to commit fraud. They were Rhai Tanbir, 25, of Lilestone Street, Greater London; Alamin Hoque, 21, of no fixed address; Isaac Nkosi, 25, of Princess Louise Close, Greater London. and Muhammed Hoque, 21, of Manchester Road, Greater London.

Alamin Hoque was remanded in custody until his next court hearing on Friday, September 18. Muhammed Hoque is also currently on remand, while Tanbir and Nkosi were released on bail until the next hearing.

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