Sunmuk Patel, 39, convinced Coventry Building Society to give him a mortgage extension totalling 40,000 pound while posing as the husband of the woman with whom he was having an affair, Wolverhampton Crown Court was told.

He also used a doctor's credit card to withdraw 2,000, online daily expressandstar.com reported.

Patel also tried to convince Barclays Bank Square to give him a 15,00 pound loan in the name of one of the victims identified as Mr Singh but was arrested after a worker became suspicious.

A few months later, Patel phoned Coventry Building Society again pretending to be Singh and asked for money for an extension to the house, the prosecution said.

A total of 20,000 was transferred to Mr Singh's account which his wife Rita Chohan, said to be Patel's mistress, withdrew, it was alleged.