‘I’m stranded in Cyprus because the DWP thought I was dead – now I’m being taken to court’

Marie Collins, 84, has been stranded in Cyprus since September (Picture: Cover Media)

A woman left stranded in Cyprus without her pension is now being taken to court for not paying council tax.

Marie Collins, from Narborough, Norfolk, flew out to the island for a two week holiday in September. But after developing a severe chest infection, doctors told her she was not fit to fly home.

The 84-year-old has not received any pension payments since the beginning of November and...