A nurse has spoken of her devastation after her best friend conned her out of more than £100,000. Susan Hughes handed over the money to Anna Bonner, 40, believing it was being used to help a man called 'Ste Lucas' fight cancer.
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A woman has been left devastated after her best friend of 25 years posed as a lover to con her of £117,000.
Susan Hughes was even sent birthday cards and gifts from who she believed to be her boyfriend named Ste - a former club bouncer who she met several years ago.
The pair had planned a life together and penned emotional notes to one another, even though it had been years since they had seen each other in the flesh.
But, the person sending the romantic gestures wasn't Ste at all - it was Susan's best friend of more than two decades, Anna Bonner.
The "romance was all part of a long plan to con Susan of tens of thousands of pounds, The Mirror reports.
Anna left Susan convinced that Ste wanted to get married – but first needed help paying for cancer treatment in the US.
It was all an elaborate lie. And mum-of-three Bonner, 40, was this month jailed after admitting fraud.
Today, Susan tells how she lost her life savings – and the ability to trust anyone – after a scam that began in 2011 and ran her ragged for nine years.
The seeds for deception go back even further – to the 1990s, when Susan DID meet a man named Ste.
Susan, a psychiatric nurse, says: “I have a soft heart, I like looking after people, and Anna took advantage of that. She manipulated me and took me for every penny I had.
“I truly believed that my money was going to help a man who I cared about deeply and wanted a future with me. When I found out that it was all a sham, I was devastated.
“Anna was my best friend, I was her chief bridesmaid, we had lived together and worked together. The deception is very cruel.
“She has left me with nothing.
“I now suffer with dreadful anxiety and depression and I’ve had to leave my job. I’m in debt and I’ve moved back in with my
A nurse has spoken of her devastation after her best friend conned her out of more than £100,000. Susan Hughes handed over the money to Anna Bonner, 40, believing it was being used to help a man called 'Ste Lucas' fight cancer.
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