Sentencing the pair at Winchester Crown Court, Mr Justice Garnham said that Day had extracted tens of thousands of pounds from Mr Cornish during the four years she had known him. (Image: Beverley Cornish)The retiree had been looking for companionship in the Lonely Hearts column of his local newspaper, jurors were told. The victim's daughter, Beverley Cornish, told the court: "He was a kind, gentle man and a truly loving father to my brother and I, giving us an ideal childhood." Ms Cornish told the trial that the defendants had taken advantage of her "very lonely" father. Brown, from Weymouth, was convicted of manslaughter and robbery, and Day, from Dorchester, was convicted of manslaughter, robbery, theft and five charges of fraud.

Source: Daily Mirror October 09, 2020 15:57 UTC