A woman who was conned out of £117,000 by her best friend is unlikely to get any of her money back.
Susan Hughes sent huge sums of money to Anna Bonner over a five year period in the belief it was being used to fund life-saving treatment for a sick relative. The whole story was a lie and Bonner, who had Ms Hughes as her chief bridesmaid, was in fact using the money to fund her own lifestyle.
She even encouraged a crush Ms Hughes had on the supposedly sick man, who she only met a few times, by getting her to send gifts intended for him which Bonner, of Liscard, would then steal. A judge labelled her “greedy, devious and manipulative” as she jailed her on Thursday.
