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directly at Barlow, she

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told her how she was

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a thoroughly callous individual, telling

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her you've obviously presented yourself to those

20:09

who knew you as a charming and

20:11

engaging woman. You

20:14

are clearly a woman of significant

20:16

intellectual abilities, but you also

20:18

have an extraordinary talent for dishonesty. You

20:21

mercilessly abuse the trust of your nearest and dearest

20:24

in their darkest hours. You

20:26

set about targeting other vulnerable people of

20:28

your acquaintance and who trusted you to

20:31

satisfy your need for a relatively lavish

20:33

lifestyle. She told her

20:35

that the worst thing she did was how she told

20:37

her husband Paul and their two children

20:39

she'd cancel and she was dying. She

20:43

also spoke of how she treated her mum. In

20:46

my view, this particular deception had

20:48

two main aims. The

20:51

first was to emotionally blackmail your mother so

20:53

you could avoid any scrutiny by her of

20:55

your dishonesty. The

20:57

second was to isolate your mother from family

21:00

from the world. When

21:02

we went into lockdown, she could not go shopping

21:04

because she was terrified that she

21:06

could bring Covid to her terminally ill daughter.

21:09

It was just the most callous and

21:11

calculated act. Barlow

21:14

is in floods of tears as she was taken down to

21:16

the cells. As she was in

21:18

the police van on the way to spend her first night in

21:20

prison, the police revealed mug

21:22

shots of her pretending to have lost

21:25

her hair through chemotherapy when first arrested

21:27

in September 2020, then with

21:29

fantastically flawless flowing locks after

21:32

the truth came out. Just

21:35

shocking, shocking pictures. Outside

21:37

the court, Detective Sergeant Alan Meehan said,

21:40

Forliz, a horrendous crime and Barlow's actions

21:43

were appalling. She made a

21:45

conscious and deliberate decision to do what she did. There

21:48

were points at which she could have put a stop to it all,

21:50

but she carried on, and now she is

21:52

paying the price for her actions. Sadly,

21:55

so many people have been affected by what

21:57

she did, lives have been changed forever, and

21:59

some were not. never be the same again. Not

22:02

only did Barlow offer holidays she couldn't deliver,

22:05

but she also took advantage of the generosity

22:08

and understanding of those around her which

22:10

has resulted in such far-reaching consequences.

22:13

She wanted a quality of life she couldn't

22:16

afford which resulted in her defrauding

22:18

her family, friends and

22:20

even complete strangers. It

22:23

was later revealed that Barlow's husband and children

22:25

have now moved home away from the area. So

22:29

what do you make of what we've heard today? We've

22:32

heard of people faking illness a number of

22:34

times on this podcast and scamming family and

22:36

friends. But to tell

22:38

your husband and two young children you're dying of

22:40

cancer and then to steal over 500,000

22:42

from your mum when

22:45

her husband has just unexpectedly died, well

22:48

it's pretty hard to believe that anyone could stoop this

22:50

low isn't it? You

22:52

do wonder what someone as cold and callous as

22:54

this may have done in their earlier life. Surely

22:57

not much is off the table if

22:59

you're able to lie so easily without

23:02

caring one jot about those who

23:04

are the very closest to you. I

23:07

can't imagine how I'd have felt each time the text

23:09

or call came through asking me about

23:11

details of what had gone wrong can you? It's

23:14

bad enough facing reviews after a free

23:16

podcast every week but

23:20

when people have paid you all that hard earned

23:22

money to make their holiday dreams come true and

23:24

then letting them down, wow. There

23:27

was one devastating account from February 2020 when a young

23:30

couple had

23:32

been told that their middle son who'd

23:34

been born with a life-limiting disability had only

23:36

months to live. They

23:38

booked a week's holiday feeling it may be the last

23:40

time they could go away as a family of five.

23:43

Their mum Shelly was quoted as saying, he'd

23:46

just come out of intensive care where we'd already

23:48

nearly lost him. We'd been

23:50

told he didn't have long so we decided we

23:52

wanted to make some memories for him and our

23:55

other children. That's when I picked up the phone.

23:57

We were just devastated and

23:59

what? wanted to make his last week's the happiest

24:01

week could, she said. Centre

24:04

Parks was an obvious choice as it involved

24:06

no complex travel and had

24:08

specially adapted lodges for those with

24:10

particular needs. I

24:12

asked Lyn if she could take on the arrangements for

24:15

a week's holidays my head was spinning. She

24:17

called back and said she'd managed to get us an

24:19

incredible deal. Instead of

24:21

£2,500 for one week, she'd

24:24

get us a fortnight for 3,000. I

24:27

was a bit sceptical but she was

24:29

incredibly empathetic and convinced me it

24:31

was the right thing to do. Obviously

24:33

she played in my vulnerability and

24:36

I didn't question her credibility because of

24:38

my friends recommendation. Shelly

24:40

paid all the money but when a

24:43

few days later she hadn't received confirmation she

24:45

chased. Barlow

24:47

replied saying, My mistake, I'll

24:49

get it to you straight away. Then

24:52

another week went by so I messaged her

24:54

again, Shelly recalls. She received

24:56

just an amateur document back. It

24:59

didn't have any of her company details on it, no

25:02

registered address, anyone could have typed

25:04

it. I emailed back saying

25:06

I didn't mean to be rude but

25:08

it didn't look like an official booking. Then

25:11

when I asked for further confirmation she

25:14

stopped replying to any of my messages said Shelly.

25:17

I contacted my friend and asked if all was okay

25:19

with her upcoming trip to Florida and

25:22

I then learnt that Lynn wasn't returning her calls

25:24

either. Then a few days

25:26

later she called me and told me

25:28

Lynn had been arrested for fraud. Shelly

25:31

burst into tears as she said, It

25:34

wasn't the holiday but the fact

25:36

that she knew my world had fallen apart and

25:39

she still felt able to do this to me. The

25:42

children had their bags packed and

25:44

I had to explain they couldn't go, they

25:47

were devastated. How

25:49

can anyone do that to someone suffering? I

25:52

guess she'd have plenty of time to think about it in her

25:54

cell. And does she

25:56

still have a relationship for mum, her husband or

25:58

her children? And what

26:01

will become of her when she's released? It's

26:03

hard to see how any of these relationships can

26:05

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