ROY Moyse is your typical calculating conman.

He pretends to be an affluent businessman, but is in fact a compulsive gambler who targets women and spins a web of lies to fund his prolific addiction.

The serial conman has already served a prison sentence for committing a string of offences between 2001 and 2007.

In March 2008 he was jailed for three-and-a-half years for tricking just under £100,000 from a total of five victims in Bournemouth, Poole, Wimborne and Ferndown after befriending them and conning them into lending him money.

Moyse had targeted three women aged between 30 and 53, who he met a nightclubs and wine bars and pretended to either be a barrister or a successful businessman to impress them.

He took £10,000 from Deborah Arenas by telling her needed legal fees on a will – she was so in debt she forged a cheque and got a criminal conviction.

He then secured £11,000 from Ladbrooks worker Susan Turner by saying he needed money until a business was sold.

Another victim was Christine Haslam, who gave him £1,260 in 12 days after meeting him in a nightclub in Bournemouth in September 2006.

Moyse also targeted Paul Nippard when he was landlord of the Bear Cross pub in Kinson. Moyse told Mr Nippard he was selling a fabrication business and asked for loans until the sale was completed.

Mr Nippard lost £60,000, his job and his home.

Speaking after the latest court case, Roger Doerr, of Dorset Police’s fraud investigation team, said: “Moyse used lies and deceit to obtain funds from the victim.

“This was a callous crime carried out by a previously convicted fraudster preying on a victim’s vulnerability.”