A woman pretended to have terminal breast cancer to escape standing trial over an £18,000 con. Jean Adshead took payments from a man to facilitate the purchase of The Alma pub, in Newcastle but then pocketed the money for herself.
The 57-year-old denied the crime, which took place in 2013, and went on to claim she had cancer so couldn't stand trial. Between November 2017 and February 2019, Adshead provided forged documents to the court and Crown Prosecution Service.
The courts were considering dismissing the case due to Adshead's fake prognosis, but when they contacted the doctor who had written one of the reports they discovered he had retired from the NHS in 2016.
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