A SERIAL charity conman has admitted 12 charges of fraud by false representation.

Norman “Knuckles” Jones, 61, has a string of convictions for similar offences.

The latest charges relate to November 3 when he went round Waterfoot and Bacup claiming to be collecting for charity, but pocketed the cash himself.

Jones, of Albert Street, Nelson, has previously been subject to a court order banning him from asking members of the public for cash.

The convicted football hooligan, a former leader of the notorious Burnley Suicide Squad, has trav-elled all around East Lancashire pretending to collect for charity.

He has previously claimed to be collecting money for an eight-year-old girl burned in a fire, and a children’s ju jitsu club that did not exist.

Last year he pretended to be collecting cash to help Accrington Stanley’s survival as they battled to pay off a tax bill.

But he pocketed just £2 before being rumbled and arrested by police.

On November 3, he visited premises, including Quick Stop Wines and Spirits, Cordey’s estate agents, and Forshaws, in Bacup and Waterfoot.

Jones will be sentenced by Burnley magistrates for his latest spree on July 22.

Jones has been bailed until then.

In 2008, Jones told a court he had had enough of getting locked up and wanted no more.