28-year-old Manoj Gorsia, from Wembley, has been jailed for ripping the earrings out of an elderly woman's ears and pulling her chain from her neck, after allegedly forging his way into her home.
It was also alleged that Gorsia had claimed to be a gas company worker, in December 2014, in order to enter the 75-year-old woman's home, Harrow Crown Court heard. He was caught by the DNA left on several pieces of paper he had left behind while escaping the elderly woman's home.
He received a five-year jail sentence and was issued with a criminal behaviour order which will come into effect once he leaves prison.
The five-year long order bans him from entering driveways, gardens or yards of any residential property in London without a valid reason. He was also issued a restraining order which prohibits him from entering Charterhouse Avenue, where the victim resides.
Detective Constable Martina English, from Brent Forensic Conversion team said, “Bogus callers are the most callous people as they often target older and more vulnerable people and will try to trick or con their way in. I hope that Gorsia's imprisonment brings some form of justice to his victim. This sentence serves as a clear reminder we will use every means available to us to catch those whose intent on breaking the law and bring them to justice with the strongest and most compelling evidence against them.”
