A terminally ill grandmother who attended school with Ritchie Blackmore has been conned out £140,000 by a scammer pretending to be former Deep Purple guitarist.
According to a report in The Sun, 81-year-old Valerie Horwood, who is suffering from pancreatic, liver and spleen cancer, was duped into handing over the money in the form of Apple gift cards over a three year period, and was so traumatised by the experience that she attempted to take her own life.
