A mum lied for years to con her best friend and bridesmaid out of more than £100,000.
Anna Bonner asked Susan Hughes for vast sums of money which she said was supporting a sick friend’s cancer treatment but which was actually being used to support her own lifestyle. The 40-year-old, from Liscard, even encouraged a crush Ms Hughes had on the man, who she only met a few times, getting her to write letters and send gifts that she believed were going to him but were actually being stolen by Bonner.
A judge at Liverpool Crown Court labelled the mum-of-three “greedy, devious and manipulative” as she jailed her this morning after she pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation. Charlotte Atherton, prosecuting, said Bonner and Ms Hughes became friends in 1999 after meeting through their jobs at a care home in Heswall.
