A drug addict stole money from his mother-in-law which she had borrowed to pay for her daughter's funeral. He initially denied taking the money, which was intended to be used to pay for his own partner's send-off, but confessed to his victim in a letter from prison.
Jonathan Davies, 36, of Ogmore Vale, Bridgend, stole £860 from a bag belonging to Melanie Amos, the mother of his partner Sadie Hoyle. Ms Hoyle had recently died and Ms Amos had taken out £5,000 to pay for her daughter's funeral which she kept in a bag behind the bedroom door.
A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court heard Davies had attended the funeral directors with his mother-in-law and had been invited to spend the night at her home on April 20 last year. He gave Ms Amos' friend a lift the next day and she saw money stuffed in his shoe. When she told the victim Ms Amos checked the bag and discovered £860 was missing.
