article_snippet: A mother-of-two who raided a lonely bachelor's £56,000 inheritance money
article_snippet: Burnley Crown Court was told the couple never lived together but would see each other several times a week and his mother had keys to his property.
article_snippet: But within months of his mother dying and leaving his £56,000 inheritance, the majority of the money was gone after Hughes callously seized control of his mother boyfriend's finances and splashed £20,000 of it on his mother.
article_snippet: I had only just lost my mum
article_snippet: Essentially his mother doesn't have £2 to rub together, his mother never did.
article_snippet: his mother is not a lady who lived a lavish lifestyle.
article_snippet: his mother is remorseful and bitterly regrets his mother actions.'
highlights_snippet: his mother splashed out on shopping and holidays - and took £20,000 for his mother .
  