A MUM and daughter will be sentenced next month after being found guilty this afternoon of being part of a conspiracy to fleece an elderly widow out of more than £500,000.
Wendy Bell, 57, of Greenside Lane, Cullingworth and her daughter Lisa Bell, 30, also of Greenside Lane, were both found guilty of conspiracy to defraud by a jury at Bradford Crown Court.
Wendy Bell was also found guilty of a further charge of fraud.
Helen Banks, 42, of Howbeck Avenue, Riddlesden, was found not guilty of conspiracy to defraud.
During the trial the jury was told the Bells had grossly inflated their bills for caring for Audrey Hammond, now 92, of Cracoe, near Skipton, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease.
The pair were remanded on bail to be sentenced at the Crown Court on February 13.
Four other defendants had pleaded guilty to their involvement in the fraud ahead of the trial and will be sentenced at the same time.
Amanda Carroll, 44, of Park Avenue, Shipley, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and two charges of fraud.
Linda Mynott, 60, of Garforth Road, Keighley, Caron Gilbert, 33, of Red Holt Crescent, Keighley, and Alice Barker, 59, of Ragland Avenue, Keighley, had all admitted conspiracy to defraud offence.
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