A bereaved mother has spoken of her distressing betrayal from a stranger who offered to raise funds for her dying daughter only to steal the cash for herself. Mum-of-six Carla Dawson was desperately raising money in a bid to save the life of her two-year-old daughter, Jorja-Rose, who suffered a brain tumour when stranger Chanel Bailey offered her help.
Bailey took part in a sponsored walk and a head shave but kept the proceeds for herself. To organisers, she claimed to be Carla’s sister, and later to be a close family friend, even turning up at the hospital in the last days of Jorja’s life.
After the little girl passed away, Bailey took sensitive photos from Carla’s Facebook page and posted them as her own. This week, 26-year-old Bailey was jailed for two years and three months after admitting theft and fraud.
