A WIDOW with a gambling problem defrauded more than £53,000 from life insurance company Prudential after the death of her husband, a court heard.
Pensioner Susan Murphy failed to notify Prudential when her husband Albert Betts died in May 2003 and continued to receive £332 a month from his annuity policy, which should have ended on his death.
Murphy, 65, a retired legal secretary of Martin Street, Normanton, admitted defrauding a total of £53,894 from Prudential over a period of 13 years from May 2003 to October 2016.
The court heard Prudential conducted a review in September 2016 and discovered Mr Betts had died in May 2003.
Prosecutor, Amy Earnshaw, said that when Prudential asked Murphy for a copy of the death certificate she…
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