Garforth conman sentenced over Justin Bieber concert tickets scam

Christopher Bundza was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court over a a concert tickets scam.

A Garforth man with 17 convictions for fraud offences was back before the courts after purporting to sell tickets to a Justin Bieber concert that he never had.

Christopher Bundza, aged 54, duped several members of the public out of money by claiming he had tickets for the 2016 concert in Sheffield, taking the money but never producing the tickets.

He had re-paid several victims but appeared at Leeds Crown Court yesterday to be sentenced for three other counts of fraud worth £700.

The court heard that on December 21, 2015 he claimed he had three tickets for the concert and he was paid £300 for them but they never materialised. A trial, where he was found guilty by a jury, ruled that he had never had them.

On January 11, 2016 he was paid £200 for two tickets and again in December 2015 he was paid another £200 for two more tickets.

Defending Bundza, of Beech Grove, Giles Bridge said: "Money has been paid back and he has tried his best".

He added that Bundza has been offered a job with a doors and windows firm in Garforth.