A pensioner accused of embezzling his ill girlfriend's life savings used her money as his own "to make his future brighter", a jury was told yesterday. William Dunn, 69, denies swiping £112,971.46 from his partner of three years, former Beatson cancer nurse Lynda Grant, 63.
The money he is accused of illegally taking was made up of her savings, cash from the sale of her house, NHS pension and PIP payments. His Paisley Sheriff Court trial heard he sent the money from Lynda's accounts to Karen Dolan, 59, while Lynda was ill.
After sending Dolan the money the pair married, without Lynda's knowledge, at "a fancy, plush hotel". The court heard Lynda only learned of the wedding, when released from a care home after spending time in hospital, because her daughter saw wedding pictures on Dunn's Facebook page.
