A “serial fraudster” has been jailed for six years after conning more than £200,000 from a pensioner who was later murdered in a crossbow shooting.
Richard Wyn Lewis befriended Gerald Corrigan, 74, and persuaded the retired lecturer and his partner Marie Bailey to hand over money they believed was related to property development, land sales and horses, Mold Crown Court heard on Friday (November 25).
Mr Corrigan was fatally shot with a crossbow outside his home in a remote part of Anglesey, North Wales in April 2019. The court heard the fraud was unconnected to Mr Corrigan’s killing, but the offences had come to light when Ms Bailey was interviewed in the aftermath of the shooting.
