A bride-to-be faked cancer and pretended she was dying in a bid to swindle thousands from a charity that funds weddings for terminally-ill people.
Carla Louise Evans is facing jail after claiming she had been diagnosed with bladder cancer and liver failure.
The 29-year-old even forged the signature of an NHS consultant to dupe the Wish For A Wedding charity out of £15,000, a court heard.
Evans only had to contribute £500 towards her dream wedding with the charity paying the rest.
The mum-of-two was only snubbed after wedding organisers checked with the hospital where she claimed to be getting treatment, as Wales Online reports.
Prosecutor Andrew Gwynne said: “Evans applied to the charity claiming she had cancer and liver failure.
“In fact she had neither of these conditions.
“She forged the signature of consultant urologist Dr Adam Carter on the charity’s application form.”
When Wish For A Wedding made a routine check with the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport the charity discovered she was not a cancer patient.
Evans, of Caerphilly in South Wales, now faces the prospect of a prison sentence after admitting fraud by false representation when she applied to the charity in November last year.
Newport magistrates sent Evans to the Crown Court to be sentenced because the fraud was “too serious” for them to deal with.
JPs warned her she could be jailed for between six months and three years.
Evans, who has no previous convictions, was released on bail.
Rachael Kirkwood, who set up the charity, said after the case: “This woman sent in an application saying she had a terminal illness.
“We always check to make sure they have the condition and they only have a few months to live.
“We brought in the police after doing checks on Carla Evans’s application and finding out she had lied.”
The Manchester-based charity funds between five and 10 weddings every year for couples facing a terminal illness. You can view mre about it here .
