Whenever Coronation Street legend Kevin Kennedy sets foot back on home turf in Manchester he knows a certain rumour mill will inevitably start to turn.
28.02.2023 - 23:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Sitting in the imposing glass dock of Manchester Crown Court, Zholia Alemi held her head in her hands and wept.
Once she was a high-flying psychiatrist, working in the health service for over twenty years, helping hundreds of patients up and down the country - but it was all based on a lie.
The accomplished fraudster owned multiple properties, collected expensive bottles of Champagne and drove a red Lotus sports car.
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She even became a consultant and was approved under section 12 of the Mental Health Act, bestowing upon her the power to bring about the detention of patients against their will and prescribe powerful drugs.
But, it was a brazenly and blatantly home-crafted degree certificate, uncovered by an investigative journalist from Cumbria, which unravelled her deceit and resulted in her conviction of multiple offences of fraud and forgery.
Today (February 28) she is starting her seven-year stretch in prison.
It was 2016 when a carer reported concerns about Alemi, who was working as a locum psychiatrist at the time in Cumbria.
Her 84-year-old patient had been referred to the ‘doctor’ to carry out an assessment on her cognitive functions and skills, for suspected dementia.
The elderly woman, a widow, with little by way of close family, became close with Alemi, her ‘doctor friend’, who helped her with day-to-day activities.
The extent of her estate was £1.3 million - and it was targeted by Alemi. Following an investigation into the terms of her will following her death, all but £10,000 remained.
It later became clear that Alemi had forged a fake Will in the woman’s name. She’d sent the majority of the
Whenever Coronation Street legend Kevin Kennedy sets foot back on home turf in Manchester he knows a certain rumour mill will inevitably start to turn.
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