A notorious British fraudster who was jailed in the UK for conning an ex-girlfriend out of £300,000 after claiming to be a millionaire Swiss banker and MI6 spy will not return to the UK for his confiscation hearing.Serial conman Mark Acklom, 52, previously admitted five counts of fraud against Carolyn Woods, from Gloucestershire, and was sentenced to five years and eight months in prison in 2019.Upon his release he was extradited to Spain in 2021, having fled the country in 2016 midway through a three-year fraud sentence, after being given temporary release while he applied for parole.After being returned to Spain, Acklom served a further two years in prison before his release in 2023.He has been living with his wife and two children in an undisclosed location in Spain ever since, it is understood. Since his guilty pleas in Britain, prosecutors have been using Proceeds of Crime Act legislation in an attempt to recover the money stolen from Ms Woods, who is in her 60s.Ms Woods met Acklom in 2012 when he went into her boutique to buy a jacket and told her he was visiting the UK to buy an airfield in the Cotswolds.During their relationship, which lasted for a year, Acklom posed as a Swiss banker and an MI6 agent as he worked to 'destroy' her life by conning her out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. Serial conman Mark Acklom, 52, previously admitted five counts of fraud against Carolyn Woods, from Gloucestershire, and was sentenced to five years and eight months in prison in 2019 Acklom has a history of defrauding victims dating back to 1991, and is now said to be living with his family in SpainHe claimed he was friends with celebrities including Nicky Clarke and Chris Evans, had spoken to Hillary Clinton and knew fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld. He also told Ms Woods he was involved in secret MI6 missions.Acklom promised to marry the mother-of-two despite already being married himself, and managed to trick her into handing over her life savings in a series of loans worth between £30,000 and £120,000. He was finally extradited to the UK from Switzerland in 2019, where he was jailed before his return to Spain. Over the past five years, there have been a series of hearings at Bristol Crown Court to establish Acklom's criminal benefit from his scam and his available assets.A final hearing, lasting for two days and before Judge Martin Picton, has now been listed for December 18 and 19 this year.On Tuesday, barristers for the prosecution and defence, as well as Acklom, appeared via video link for a hearing in the case.Acklom was not visible on screen and no details were given of his location, although he has a wife and two children living in Spain.He spoke only to confirm he was present, replying: 'Yes sir' to the court clerk when asked. Ms Woods met Acklom in 2012 when he went into her boutique to buy a jacket (pictured), telling her he was a Swiss banker visiting the UK to buy a Cotswolds airfield Carolyn Woods, who is in her 60s, arriving at Bristol Crown Court, August 6, 2019 - she lost £300,000 to Acklom's scamJudge Picton - who jailed Acklom in 2019 - asked whether the defendant would be attending the final hearing in person.Martin Sharpe, representing Acklom, replied: 'He will attend remotely in the same way he has done today but with the benefit of a screen.'He will attend from a video conference room at a legal firm. I don't have the specifics to hand as of yet but your honour and the prosecution can be assured that the defendant will attend but he will attend remotely.'Fiona Jackson, prosecuting, asked for the details of Acklom's arrangements to be provided to the court and Crown Prosecution Service.Judge Picton agreed, directing that this should happen by October 31.The court was told a number of witnesses will give evidence during the two-day hearing, including a financial investigator.Acklom fled Spain in 2016, midway through a three-year fraud sentence, after being temporarily released when he applied for parole.He was already wanted by Avon and Somerset Police for scamming Ms Woods, his then-girlfriend, out of her life savings in a romance fraud.Previously, the court heard that UK financial investigators have concluded Acklom had available funds of almost £262,000.Spanish authorities have made confiscation orders valued at €374,000, or around £325,000, against Acklom.In 1991, Acklom, then aged 16, was given a four-year custodial sentence for a £466,000 mortgage fraud after posing as a City stockbroker.He also spent £11,000 after stealing his father's credit card, swindled a former teacher out of £13,000, and ran up a £34,000 bill with a private charter jet company.