A UK bride has been sent to jail after she admitted lying about having terminal cancer to raise money ahead of her wedding.
According to The Sun, a woman named Toni was sentenced by magistrates in Chester after friends and family donated money while believing she was dying. Reports put the amount at about $11,000.
District Judge Nicholas Sanders told the court, “You made up an illness to gain the sympathy of your friends and sat back and watched as they raised money to support you.” He added that she continued to embellish the story, once telling friends she had only weeks to live, and said he did not accept that she simply could not stop once she had started.
Fox News reports the story began to unravel at the wedding, when guests questioned how much energy she had for someone said to be terminally ill. She then admitted she did not have cancer. She had reportedly shaved her head to make the story seem real. Friends who gave money said they were heartbroken when they first heard the news.
She had spent five months in jail at the time of the reports.
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