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Horrendous details of funeral fraud revealed as serial Westcliff con artist convicted

Summary by The Echo UK
In January 2020, the victim paid for Mark Kerbey, 62, to organise the funeral of her husband after he died at Southend Hospital

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Fraudster found guilty after Basildon funeral fiasco

Mark Kerbey from Westcliff-on-Sea took £2,600 from a family for a funeral but failed to organise it.

·United Kingdom
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Funeral fraudster convicted of conning grieving Essex family out of thousands

Mark Kerbey, 62, was convicted of two counts of fraud by false representation by a jury

·Colchester, United Kingdom
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Horrendous details of funeral fraud revealed as serial Westcliff con artist convicted

In January 2020, the victim paid for Mark Kerbey, 62, to organise the funeral of her husband after he died at Southend Hospital

·Basildon, United Kingdom
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Essex fraudster took grieving family's money but never arranged a proper funeral

Mark Kerbey took the family's money and claimed the funeral had been arranged at a specific venue in which he was banned from using

·London, United Kingdom
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The Echo UK broke the news in Basildon, United Kingdom on Thursday, March 27, 2025.
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