Big fat liar is caught.Byline: JAMES TAIT A TOP slimming class instructor has been suspended after he conned his members into thinking they had lost weight. Brian Dickman, 45, is being probed after he lied to Slimming World Slimming World is a British company which runs over 5,000 weight loss classes a week across the UK. Adults who are seven or more pounds overweight may join a local Slimming World class and pay a weekly fee to attend classes. dieters he weighed on his machine by telling them they were shedding pounds. Slimmers at his class in the Borders town of Hawick were devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. to discover their true weight. The slimming consultant, from nearby Kelso, was caught out when he fell ill and his wife stood in and weighed his class. Dozens of dieters, who had been told by Brian never to weigh themselves at home, soon found out they'd been conned. One slimmer, who asked not to be named, said: "We all believed we were doing well with our diets. I'm going to ask for my money back now." CAPTION(S): DIET DECEIT Deceit Aimwell pretends to be titled to wed into wealth. [Br. Lit.: The Beaux’ Stratagem] Ananias lies about amount of money received for land. [N.T.: Acts 5:1–6] Ananias Club all its members are liars. [Am. : Brian |
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