Nicola Hutton, of Strandburn Drive, Belfast, was convicted of a false communication offence at Belfast Magistrates’ Court. File photograph
A Belfast woman who lied to a family that included a seriously ill man about planning to donate her kidney to help him, in an act of “abject wickedness”, has been jailed for five months.
Nicola Hutton deceived a husband and wife who believed she was “the answer to our prayers”.
District Judge Francis Rafferty described the 54-year-old as an “emotional parasite” who fed off the couple’s despair and “luxuriated” in offering them false hope.
“You presented yo
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