A woman says she was 'blinded by love' after her conman ex used his mum's cancer diagnosis to fleece her of more than £14,000. Umit Sucu told Alison Wood about his ill parent and said he needed money to send abroad for her treatment, 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 last month and was told to pay back a total of £14,600.
But Alison, from Speedwell, Bristol, claims she is actually owed at least double that amount. She said of the ordeal: "I was blinded by what I thought was love, but now I see what he really is.
