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Lucy Marshall

Toyboy's secret marriage to 91-year-old Leeds bride sees grieving family lose £200,000

A 91-year-old dementia-struck woman from Leeds "secretly" wed a younger man months before her death - leaving her family £200,000 out of pocket.

Joan Blass died in March 2016, and if losing her wasn't difficult enough, it was the start of a "nightmare" for her relatives.

Her son Michael, 53, and daughter Daphne, 62, became increasingly concerned when a man 23 years her junior befriended her and moved in. Their new initial friendship came just five months before her death.

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