Lorry driver pretended to be dead friend for two years to steal £60,000 savings

A lorry driver posed as his dead friend for two years so he could steal more than £60,000 of his cash and life savings.

Dean Thompson, 54, from Hull, East Yorkshire had 'unofficially' cared for his neighbour David Traylen for some 20 years.

But when he died aged 78 Thompson began posing as his friend in a bid to take his money.