A woman was fleeced out of more than £14,000 by a conman who claimed his mum had cancer. Alison Wood says she was 'blinded by love' for Umit Sucu.
So when he told the 51-year-old about his ill parent and said he needed money to send abroad for her treatment she stepped in to help, a court heard. But the former boxer - known as the 'Turkish Warrior' - used the cash to fund his lifestyle at home instead.
Sucu, 44, was handed a suspended sentence earlier this month and was told to pay back a total of £14,600. But Alison, 51, claims she is actually owed at least double that amount.
