A fraudster who stole more than £78,000 from an actress suffering from dementia has been ordered to pay back just £550. He took advantage of the vulnerable woman after he was put in charge of her finances.
Brian Malam, 60, had the power of attorney over his friend Margaret Wright, better known by her professional name Meg Wynn Owen under which she featured in a host of popular TV shows and films including Love Actually, Doctor Who, Under Milk Wood, Pride and Prejudice, and Upstairs Downstairs. She died in June last year.
Prior to her death, Malam spent years stealing thousands of pounds of her savings over Mrs Wright, a woman he had been friends with for many years having met through their work at the BBC . She was living in a car home in Cardiff due to her suffering from dementia. Malam would visit her but visits became lest frequent before stopping all together.
