A BOGUS delivery man who struck twice in Nelson has been jailed for 12 weeks by Burnley magistrates.

Razwan Ali, 29, posed as a delivery man and asked two different householders, 24 hours apart, to take delivery of a parcel.

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But Ali, of Barkerhouse Road, Nelson, who made demands for £50 and £45 respectively at each property, had no parcels to hand over.

When he appeared before magistrates in Burnley, Ali admitted two offences of fraud by making false representations and was given six-week sentences for each of the offences, which were carried out on November 18 and 19 last year.