A serial con artist befriended and tricked a woman out of £9,000 with a pack of lies, including falsely claiming her mother was dead, a court heard.Judge Philip Head told Joann Wood: "You're dishonest in every fibre of your body."You've demonstrated that dishonesty on numerous occasions."He said she blew the money on gambling.Wood (60), of Scalborough Close, Countesthorpe, was jailed for two years and four months.Leicester Crown Court was told that she committed the offence...
