A “DEVIOUS” mum who faked terminal cancer to trick her boyfriend into paying for a boob job has been ordered to pay back £30,000.
Laura McPherson, 35, told company director Jon Leonard that she had cervical, ovarian, colon, bowel and breast cancer.
Ross KaniukLaura McPherson faked cancer to dupe her boyfriend into handing over cash[/caption]
Jon Leonard gave McPherson thousands of pounds for non-existent treatment
The mum sent fake photos apparently taken in hospital
The vile mum even led her young daughter to believe she was dying during the “elaborate tale of deceit”.
She managed to con Jon into handing over nearly £25,000 while faking hospital snaps pretending to be receiving treatment.
In reality, she was splurging the cash on breast enhancement procedures and trips abroad – including a stay at an Austrian holistic and weight loss centre.
McPherson was also gifted a £30,000 Rolex as a celebratory gift for receiving the all-clear from one type of cancer.
She has now been ordered to pay her ex back £30,714 by January 5 following a proceeds of crime hearing.
Derby Crown Court heard the compensation would be raised from the sale of a watch, but it was not said whether this was the Rolex.
The court previously heard how McPherson and Jon begun their their relationship in 2011 and for several years it was a happy one.
But in 2017, McPherson claimed she was having chemotherapy in a Derby hospital for cervical cancer.
She later told Jon, who has raised almost £40 million for cancer charities through his Derby-based firm Ultra Events, that she also had colon and breast cancer.
McPherson said she needed money to travel to the Mayr clinic in Austria to have a hysterectomy.
Just days later, she was pictured up a mountain posing for pictures.
That same year, she said she would need a mastectomy but used the opportunity to have breast augmentation surgery at Jon’s expense.
She was also supposed to be working for Jon’s company during her web of lies.
He continued to pay her salary even though she didn’t do anything because it was believed she was too ill.
McPherson covered her tracks by never allowing Jon or friends to accompany her to hospital.
She even made Jon drop her off at hospital on New Year’s Eve 2021 but she never went in and instead went to a party in Coventry.
Her deceit unravelled when Jon grew suspicious and checked her emails – discovering she had booked taxis from hospital and travelled to holistic wellbeing holidays and undergone weight loss therapy.
McPherson pleaded guilty to fraud but avoided jail and was instead handed a two-year community order.
Jon later revealed he received two messages on social media from people who said McPherson had claimed to have cancer in school 11 years earlier.
Following the hearing today, he said in a statement: “It’s finally over. Today marks the end of eight and a half challenging years.
“She never had cancer and it has now come to light she has been making up having cancer since she was in secondary school long before I knew her.
“She has been exposed for the horrible, lying, manipulative individual she is.”
McPherson claimed she needed cash for private cancer treatmentRoss Kaniuk
Ross KaniukShe spent the money on a boob job and holistic trips[/caption]
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