The man, more than 40 years his fiancé's senior, started talking about her battle with depression and claimed it intensified her flaws, with the furious mum eventually silencing him. However, Higgins then went on to openly discuss Petrie's depression battle, and said she was on medication for chemical imbalances in her brain. When he claimed her mental health struggle had worsened her "shortcomings", Petrie's mother, Theresa, finally snapped. The publication also reported Higgins had fought for and received just under the equivalent of £100,000 in a super and life insurance payout from Petrie's untimely death. And despite earning the equivalent of £174,000 a year, he reportedly started inquiring to collect her life insurance less than 24 hours after she died.

Source: Daily Mirror July 11, 2021 10:56 UTC