Tesco manager conned £60,000 out of staff for son¿s ¿fatal illness¿ and spent the money on holidays to Hawaii and Las …

By Julian Gavaghan

Last updated at 1:20 PM on 5th March 2012

Jailed: Neil Jackson told colleagues that he had cancer and that his son suffered from cerebral palsy

A Tesco store manager conned more than 60,000 out of colleagues by pretending both he and his baby son had fatal illnesses - and blew the cash on holidays in Las Vegas and Hawaii.

Neil Jackson, 30, tricked kind-hearted workmates for three years by claiming he had cancer which needed private treatment and that his son Zac, two, had cerebral palsy.

Supermarket workers handed him cheques and bundles of cash to pay for treatment.

But a court heard the only thing wrong with Jackson was an injured foot from playing football. Zac was also a healthy child - with no sign of a brain disorder.

Instead, heavy gambler Jackson was in debt and used some of the money to pay for a holiday in Las Vegas and another in Hawaii.

While in Las Vegas, he had the cheek to text his victims claiming he was at the bedside of Zac undergoing treatment in a Newcastle-on-Tyne hospital.

Jackson wept as he was today jailed for six years for what the judge described as a repeated campaign of manipulation of generous spirited colleagues.

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