Bride faked terminal cancer to dupe friends and care home colleagues to pay for her wedding
Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletterA bride faked having terminal breast cancer to dupe friends and work colleagues into helping pay for her wedding.Care home assistant Julie Parker, 54, said she had 12 months to live before unveiling plans for a summer wedding to fellow carer David Parker.Staff, residents and their families were so touched by her plight they insisted on having a collection, organised the reception at the home and even booked a night away in a hotel for the couple.Parker was able to swindle them out of nearly £1,300 for the wedding, including £300 of presents.But the scam began to unravel when carers at Bankfield House residential care home in Stockport noticed the