A young mum infiltrated families of grieving parents who had lost their children and stole cash she raised in their memories. Chanel Bailey, of Martinmass Close, Lenton, was jailed for 27 months at Nottingham Crown Court as a judge described her "animal cunning".
Bailey targeted Carla Dawson and Natalie Thompson - both Nottinghamshire mums whose daughters tragically died in separate, heartbreaking circumstances. It began when Bailey contacted Mrs Dawson out of the blue via Facebook as two-year-old daughter Jorja-Rose battled a brain tumour which was to eventually claim her life.
Bailey posted she was, "crying about Jorja-Rose" before she died, and visited the Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, to sit in the ward, claiming, falsely, to be family of Mrs Dawson. The distraught family asked her to leave. When the landlady of Bulwell's Moon and Stars pub organised a sponsored walk to raise money for Jorja-Rose, Bailey, claiming to be her aunt, said she would take part and was also doing a sponsored head shave and collecting money.
