He was finally caught out in 1995 when he went on holiday with school girls - and an anonymous phone call was made to the Academy, tipping off the staff.

He boasted of serving in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Sierra Leone and Northern Ireland, said he made it to the rank of captain and even claimed he had been knighted.

Hampton died three years ago aged 37, but achieved his own movie stardom of a sort. He was played by Will Smith in the cult movie Six Degrees of Separation.

In reality, he is a convicted thief and fraudster, scamming money, cars, travel and food out of the gullible. He is now known as the most infamous conman in the UK.

Bulimic fitness teacher Grenside went missing from her home in Hertfordshire in 1993 aged 25. Found two days later, she said she had been kidnapped and assaulted.

Although he was unemployed, he managed to get hold of a £50,000 Lexus car, bought designer clothes, stayed in posh hotels and ate at the best restaurants by preying on the gullible. He was jailed for fraud last year.

He won himself short-lived jobs on This Morning and satellite channel Men and Motors - but was busted when he impersonated a policeman and entered Windsor Castle to impress a female friend.

The former policewoman retired and started a riding accesories shop in Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. The shop was torched in 1996 and she fled to Ireland.

Setting herself up as horse trainer Lesley Bennet, she won her way into the posh set. But her cover was blown when Police made an appeal on Crimewatch.

Fans started a fund to send him to America for treatment. When club doctors asked for medical papers, they soon found out he was only suffering from depression.

Vic Dorey said his son-in-law was suffering from "some sort of sickness", adding: "It would appear to be breakdown - what else? The mind is funny thing, breakdowns happen.

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