'Black widow' fraudster who stole £300K from vulnerable pensioner arrested at Manchester Airport
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Black widow' fraudster who stole £300K from vulnerable pensioner arrested at Manchester Airport.
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A fraudster who stole nearly £300,000 from a vulnerable pensioner has been arrested at Manchester Airport.Pamela Gwinnett, 63, has been caught by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) after she fled to Spain to evade justice.The fraudster, dubbed the "black widow", flew to Tenerife in April 2025 while on bail.She was extradited back to Britain after an investigation by GMP, the National Crime Agency (NCA) and Spanish authorities.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say In October 2025, she was convicted for defrauding 89-year-old pensioner and former accountant Joan Green, from Chorley Lancashire, after becoming her carer.She was sentenced in her absence to six years in prison and was later ordered to pay back £300,000 at a Proceeds of Crime hearing.Arrested and escorted into a police van on arrival at Manchester Airport, she must now serve her sentence.On Friday, Gwinnett also appeared at Manchester Magistrates Court in connection to previously failing to appear in court.PC Georgia Loughton, the...
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