This was such a fascinating yet unbelievable read of how one plausible man can totally sucker in a quite well educated and experienced, worldly lady.
Mark Acklom totally brainwashed and swindled Carolyn out of thousands of pounds, robbed her of a home, her job and slowly her friends and family too.
A master manipulator who spun fantastic tales to aid his deception, including that according to his twisted mind he was basically a spy on secret missions!
It's so hard to believe that an adult woman can be groomed but this book just shows how insidious and clever these people can be and how they prey on their victim and break down their defences until they have nothing left and have to rebuild their lives.
This was a tragic tale of fraud and deception by a man with an incredible mind but who used it for evil, nefarious means.
The subsequent man hunt and operation to try and track him down and slap him with charges is meticulously detailed and the ensuing court case.
The sad thing is with crimes like this the victims are badly scarred from the experience and have to pick up the pieces of their lives and start over from scratch with virtually nothing.
Mark Acklom totally brainwashed and swindled Carolyn out of thousands of pounds, robbed her of a home, her job and slowly her friends and family too.
A master manipulator who spun fantastic tales to aid his deception, including that according to his twisted mind he was basically a spy on secret missions!
It's so hard to believe that an adult woman can be groomed but this book just shows how insidious and clever these people can be and how they prey on their victim and break down their defences until they have nothing left and have to rebuild their lives.
This was a tragic tale of fraud and deception by a man with an incredible mind but who used it for evil, nefarious means.
The subsequent man hunt and operation to try and track him down and slap him with charges is meticulously detailed and the ensuing court case.
The sad thing is with crimes like this the victims are badly scarred from the experience and have to pick up the pieces of their lives and start over from scratch with virtually nothing.