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Kenner Elias Jones was a charismatic and deceptive individual whose life was marked by multiple frauds and cons spanning three continents. Starting as a talented choirboy, he famously tricked his way into carrying the cross at Prince Charles’s 1969 investiture procession despite no one else agreeing to let him do so. His early life and charm gained him entry into politics and various communities, but he was convicted of fraud in the UK twice in the 1970s, leading to prison sentences and psychiatric treatment.
Jones married Lee McKenzie in Vancouver in the early 1980s after she was drawn in by his intelligence and charm, but their relationship was marred by his continued fraudulent activities and abuse, which led Lee to return to Canada. Despite warnings from psychiatrists about his sociopathic tendencies, Jones continued to manipulate and steal, eventually fleeing to the US where he posed as a BBC and Economist reporter, volunteered for the Republican Party, and was later imprisoned for nine years.
A new film, *Con Jones: World’s Best Conman*, documents his life and crimes, capturing the extraordinary and complicated story of a man seen by some law enforcement as the “best conman” they had encountered
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