A retired window cleaner who inherited £280,000 from a customer has been jailed for 12 months after he failed to return the money. Albert Pearce, 83, looked after Julie Spalding in her final years and was the sole beneficiary of her will when she died aged 98 in 2008. However, Ms Spalding’s nephew contested the
A businessman has been given a one-year jail term after judges concluded he had forged his mother’s will and was in contempt of court. Girish Patel, who is in 60s, had been embroiled in litigation with brother Yashwant, who is in his 70s, over control of a multi-million family business empire. He had claimed he
A man has been jailed after he faked a relative’s will to prevent a charity benefitting from a multi-million pound legacy. Paul Coppola, 65, admitted forging the signature of Desiderio Coppola just days before his death. The deceased left his £7m estate to be divided between his family and wished for the balance to be left to