text: A father and his two sons who accosted pensioners with dementia in the street asking for payment for roof repairs they hadn't done have been jailed for a total of eight years. Albert Webb, 51, and sons Jimmy Chuter, 26, and Jesse Webb, 19, followed people aged up to 97 home from the Post Office after they had collected their pensions before demanding the cash. If the victim had no money on them, they would be driven to a nearby cash point to withdraw it, or the trio would con their way into their homes before stealing from them. Albert Webb, 51, from Surrey, was jailed for three and a half years and son Jimmy Chuter, 26, was jailed for four years after they harassed pensioners with dementia in the street, demanding money . In total the family gang carried out 35 thefts, starting in February 2012 - when pensioners were still able to withdraw cash from their local Post Office. Most of the victims were women aged in their 70s or 80s, while the eldest was a 97-year-old man. The trio would drive alongside their victims in a silver Mercedes C200 until they got close to their house, before jumping out and telling them they had come to collect payment for roofing work. Jesse Webb, 19, was due to be sentenced with his father and brother, but went on the run. He was given a 12 month term this week after being caught . In fact, no work had been carried out, but because many of the elderly victims were suffering from dementia, they simply accepted what they were being told. The offending continued until October 2015 across Hertfordshire, Avon and Somerset, Hampshire, Oxford and Surrey. By the time officers from Hertfordshire Constabulary managed to catch up with the gang, it is believed they had taken around £15,000 from their vulnerable victims. Appearing at St Albans Crown Court in January, Chuter, from  Somerset, was jailed for four years for conspiracy to defraud and Albert Webb, from Surrey, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years for burglary and fraud offences. Jesse Webb was due to be sentenced on the same day, but went on the run. He was tracked down and appeared in the dock on Thursday this week, where he was given 12 months behind bars. Detective constable Kieran Doyle said: 'We were able to arrest his father and brother and bring them before the courts but Jesse evaded police so upon their sentencing, we issued a wanted appeal to trace Jesse. 'We received information which led us to him and I'm pleased that he has had his day in court. 'These really were shameful crimes and it's beyond belief that they could stoop so low to pick out their victims and follow them home, and then make them believe they had carried out repairs to their house and harass them for money.' Officers have started proceedings to confiscate their criminal gains under the Proceeds of Crime Act.The vehicle used during the crimes has already been confiscated by police. St Albans Crown Court heard that the trio would follow their elderly victims, often stalking them home from the Post Office, before jumping out of a car and demanding cash for repairs they hadn't done .
target: Albert Webb, 51, ran con with sons Jimmy Chuter, 26, and Jesse Webb, 19 .
  Trio targeted the elderly, accosting them in the street near their homes .
  Gang claimed they were coming to collect money for bogus roof repairs .
  As victims suffered from dementia they often handed over the cash .