A mum who helped defraud a family out of their home was coercively controlled by her former partner who was a police officer, a court has heard.
Emma Yankey, 44, appeared before Liverpool Crown Court this morning, Monday, July 3, in what was described as a "wholly exceptional case". Yankey, of Merseyside, had earlier pleaded guilty to three fraud charges which related to the defrauding of her former partner Brian Yankey's family out of a home they had owned for decades.
Graham Pickavance, prosecuting, told the court that in October 2012 Brian Yankey approached his siblings about mortgaging the family home to make appropriate improvements. Mr Pickavance said one of the siblings, named as Wilbur in court, sold the property to Yankey for £96,000. In April of the following year the property was transferred into her name.
