Eight years for cancer cure 'fraudster'

A west Wales pensioner, who molested women after giving them a bogus cancer diagnosis, has been jailed.

77-year-old Reginald Gill from Carmarthen was sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty of nine sex offences and two fraud charges at Swansea Crown Court.

Gill's 35-year-old wife Leila was also jailed for six months for her part in the sexually motivated scam.

The court heard last month how the couple ran a homeopathic products and treatments business in the west Wales village of Cwmduad.

A jury were told how Gill would claim female patients had cancer in order to carry out intrusive physical examinations on his naked victims.

The pensioner would then perform bizarre, un-scientific 'scans' using his hands, charging his victims 120 pounds for each session.

Gill claimed he had 'cured' his two victims, but neither of them actually had cancer.