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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tristan Kirk

Grieving widow with cancer prosecuted for not insuring dead husband’s car

An elderly widow who is battling cancer has been convicted by a fast-track court after she forgot to insure her late husband’s car.

The grief-stricken pensioner, aged 81, said the mix-up happened when she fell ill and went to stay with her daughter in the run-up to Christmas, shortly after her husband has died.

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