A mum of five who stole tens of thousands from families has admitted further fraud charges.
Emma Yankey walked free from court last year after admitting to a £46,000 scheme which saw her take money from families for deposits on holidays which never happened.
That plot, which targeted 25 different people, saw Yankey, from West Kirby, refuse to pay back those who had given her money after telling them the trip was cancelled.
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Yesterday (Thursday), she was back before a judge to admit more charges of fraud, this time relating to charges which predate the ones she was sentenced for last year.
Liverpool Crown Court heard she fraudulently obtained a mortgage on a house in Walthamstow in London in 2013 before fraudulently selling the same property the next year. The 44 year old also obtained a fraudulent financial agreement in 2014.
Yankey spoke briefly to plead guilty to all three counts against her. She was not represented by a barrister in court due to ongoing industrial action.
However, Graham Pickavance, prosecuting, said it was understood Yankey was pleading guilty on the basis she committed fraud as a result of the controlling and coercive behaviour of a former partner. Mr Pickavance said the CPS were disputing that assertion.
He said: “The crown do not accept on the facts available that she was subject to duress or controlling behaviour. The crown put forward that that is a matter for her to assert.”
Mr Pickavance invited the judge, Recorder Mark Ainsworth, to set a date for a judge to determine whether they accept her basis of plea. Recorder Ainsworth set a date for that hearing next month and bailed Yankey, of Riversdale Road, until then.
Before allowing her to leave the dock, he told Yankey: “The fact that I am giving you bail now is not an indication of the sentence you will receive. All options remain open to the sentencing judge.”
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