Dani Dyer's boyfriend Sammy Kimmence has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison today.
The ex broker - who welcomed a son with Love Island's Dani this year - was sent down after pleading guilty to five counts of fraud after posing as a financial investor.
Sammy scammed scamming two elderly men out of almost £34,000 and spent the cash on lavish holidays, flashy shopping trips and nights on the town.
And during the court case, it came to light that one of the OAPs that Sammy targeted had a career in the RAF before his retirement and that after he was scammed by the 25-year-old that he was "left living on the breadline."
Peter Haynes, 81, who suffers from Alzheimer's, was conned out of thousands of pounds after Sammy "groomed" him and he was able to share what happened through a statement read in court.
Reflecting on the torment caused by Sammy's fraud, Mr Haynes words read: "In one go all the savings I have accrued over my working life were wiped out. My bank account shows zero.
"I have been sick with worry at my situation and have lost a lot of weight from stress and worry.
"It is no exaggeration to say I was left living on the breadline because of his actions and dishonesty."
Sammy wept in court on Wednesday as he was jailed for 42 months and the Essex native - who had denied all the charges before a last-minute change of plea - must serve at least half of that sentence.
Judge Timothy Mousley QC gave him 30 months imprisonment for his duping of Mr Martin and 12 months for the fraud against Mr Haynes.
The judge said: "You defrauded two men of significant sums of money, both were elderly gentlemen, neither was a wealthy man.
"Whilst these men trusted you, you used their money to fund your lifestyle.
"This was a significant abuse of trust."
Kimmence's victims had been his clients when he worked as Senior Trader at Equine Global Sports Limited, a company which later went into liquidation.
The firm received money from customers which it would use to place bets on horse races, on their behalf.
After the company closed, Kimmence contacted his two victims and pretended he would continue investing their money in the same way.
Prosecutor Mike Mason said: "This was a very unpleasant fraud against two men who Mr Kimmence deliberately targeted.
"He targeted them because they were old, they were vulnerable and somewhat isolated.
"This wasn't something he migrated into from a friendship. This was something he planned."
The court heard how Kimmence had travelled to visit Mr Haynes and Mr Martin - who lived in Havant, Hants and sadly died in November last year aged 91 - at their homes several times as he "groomed them".
Documents sent to the victims by Kimmence included fake company names and an "entirely fabricated" Gambling Commission number.
These were riddled with errors, including "miscalculated balances" and a misspelling of Kimmence's own name.
Mr Mason said these letters demonstrated "some pre-thinking" as the letters "set these men up to believe this was an established, credible business".
Kimmence convinced Mr Martin to give him his internet banking password, credit card and bank card.
Mr Mason said: "In other words he ceded financial control to Mr Kimmence. It is akin to the fox getting a key to the chicken pen.
"Mr Martin considered him a friend right up until he died, which tells us a little about the energy he put in to grooming these old men."
The court heard that, five days after Kimmence was arrested, he messaged Mr Martin to say "stop the investigation".
Mitigating, Craig Harris said: "There was no need for [Kimmence] to groom these two gentlemen.
"The trust was already in place because he had already managed the accounts they had at Equine.
"I accept that advantage has been taken... of a relationship and the trust that has built up in it over a period of time."
He said that Kimmence had been "lambasted in the press and on social media" because "His girlfriend, through no fault of his own, is relatively well known through social media and TV programmes".
Simon Clark, CPS Wessex Senior Crown Prosecutor, said: "Kimmence acted despicably when he duped his former clients in to believing that he had set up a new company with which they could safely invest their money.
"The CPS used witness statements, financial records, receipts and mobile phone evidence to prove that Kimmence had not invested a single penny of the thousands of pounds he had fraudulently obtained from his victims."
Kimmence's sentencing had previously been delayed twice: first to June 25 from June 11 and then to July 14.
Back in April at his last court appearance, Sammy was granted conditional bail until his next hearing.
