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THERE must be any number of people dotted around the globe who rue the day their paths ever crossed with the impressively monikered Dr Alexander Marc D'Ariken de Rothschild-Hatton — or plain Marc Hatton, as he appears on official police documentation. But none more than Christine Handy, a 45-year-old divorcee who, for three-and-a-half years, was his lover. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

HE seemed the perfect gentleman. Calling himself Alex de Rothschild, he told Christine Handy he was an illegitimate son of banking multi-millionaire Edmund de Rothschild -- and a brilliant international economist who had studied at Eton and Oxford. He seduced the 43-year-old, fathered a child by her then fleeced her of more than £600,000 as he bought designer clothes, jewellery and a car. After that he left her almost penniless to raise their son alone. Yesterday Miss Handy, who is divorced, warned other women to beware of the charmer who had 'taken her life'. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]