"Why does the New York Times continue to peddle sob stories about criminal illegal ... But The Times described him as a "changed man" who "had been rebuilding his life and seeking redemption ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A homeless man who told “a sob story” to manipulate a former partner into letting him stay with her has been jailed for punching her ...

A con man who targeted older people with false hard luck stories has been jailed. Arfan Choudry told people he had been in hospital, was sick and needed money for a taxi, promising them that he ...