I was astonished when we were left £200k in inheritance by a woman I’d never met, but that’s when the nightmare began

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Alex said: “No one close to Maureen had ever heard of Leigh.

“We had to pause the work on our home and couldn’t use our own savings in case we had to pay back the inheritance we’d already used.

“We’d already spent £60,000 on the deposit and renovations.  

“It was all consuming – and no matter how hard we tried, we’d always end up talking about the case.

“We were pretty confident that we would win, because it was such a ridiculous lie.

“But then doubt would creep in...