A mother squandered more than £450,000 which her son had left in his will for someone else - wasting some of it on "extravagant" purchases.
When soldier Richard Walker died on duty in Afghanistan in 2013, his will stated who he wanted the life-changing sum to go to and his mum, Kathryn Walker, was entrusted as executor of the will. But instead of looking after the money or investing it wisely, she spent and lost all of it.
A court heard the items she used the money on included vehicles, caravans, horses, private number plates and paying off her own debts. The fraud came to light after a relative of the intended beneficiary heard gossip that Walker had become "minted" following the death of her son, Sapper Walker.
