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A con artist used her dead daughter as 'bait' to swindle seven people out of nearly half-a-million pounds, the son of one of the victims has revealed.
Susan Goose, 63, manipulated Jennifer Esler into bankrolling a bogus legal battle for an inheritance from a man she claimed had sexually abused her daughter Chloe, who died in a car crash.
Grandmother-of-six Mrs Esler, 71, handed over money for eight years – losing her house, business and marriage in the process.
Goose was jailed last month for six years after admitting fraud by false representation between 2011 and 2024 against five victims. Two other fraud offences were taken into consideration.
Susan Goose (pictured), 63, manipulated Jennifer Esler into bankrolling a bogus legal battle for an inheritance from a man she claimed had sexually abused her daughter Chloe, who died in a car crash
Grandmother-of-six Mrs Esler (left), 71, handed over money for eight years – losing her house, business and marriage in the process. Pictured: Jennifer Esler and her son Dan Lingwood
Mrs Esler has now told the Mail: 'It will take me a long time to recover from this, if ever.'
Her son Daniel Lingwood, 27, added: '[The sentence] is not enough. She'll be back out and she'll be doing the same thing. She's ruined lives and destroyed families.' Goose groomed victims in Norfolk before claiming she needed money for a civil case over an inheritance.
She took £440,000 from them, Norwich Crown Court heard, although the actual figure is believed to be higher.
Police discovered that she blew £130,000 after making 2,600 payments to gambling websites.
A Proceeds of Crime hearing later
