A wicked and callous con-woman forced daughter and mother to commit suicide. Read the chilling story...
Con-woman, Linsey Cotton
A cruel con-woman's elaborate extortion plot bamboozled a family and led a mother and daughter to kill themselves in a budget hotel bloodbath. Linsey Cotton has been jailed for three years, reports the Daily Record.
She concocted an elaborate plot to woo Michael McDonough, 33, which left his mother, Margaret, and sister, Nicola, fearing they would be imprisoned or killed by the government.
The 33-year-old Cotton, single mother of two from West Lothian, invented a phantom girlfriend, a bogus stem cell trial, a fictitious murdering doctor and a non-existent government cover-up. And she conjured up a whole cast of characters for her charade. Cotton used 15 phones, two laptops and two tablet computers to convince her victims she was more than a dozen different people.
Margaret McDonough and daughter Nicola
At various points, she played a nurse, a barrister and government officials. Her scam netted her nearly £5,000 and a hoard of expensive gifts.
But she also terrorised Margaret McDonough and daughter Nicola – until they checked into a Premier Inn, took pills and slashed themselves. Margaret, 52, died within hours of being found at the Greenock hotel on May 10, 2013. Nicola, 23, passed away three days later.
In the run-up to the tragedy, Cotton had convinced the women they faced 20 years in prison and turned their son and brother against them. Her lawyer said she was sorry.
Source: Daily Mirror Uk