By Brendan Mcfadden For Mailonline
Published: 21:28 GMT, 4 March 2019 | Updated: 21:30 GMT, 4 March 2019
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A mother of a six-year-old boy who died from cancer has pleaded guilty to siphoning off £100,000 from donations raised for his treatment.
Stacey Worsley, 32, the mother of Toby Nye, admitted defrauding his fund to pay for her gambling habit.
Worsley pleaded guilty to fraud when she appeared at Leeds Crown Court today - less than two months after the death of her son.
Stacey Worsley, 32, the mother of tragic Toby Nye has admitted defrauding Toby's fund to pay for her gambling habit. She is pictured with Toby
Worsley, who declined to comment when approached after the hearing, abused her position as a trustee of the fund to spend the money on gambling, the court heard.
West Yorkshire Police has confirmed that all of the money has been recovered and that Worsley's offending did not affect Toby's treatment.
Toby was diagnosed with rare cancer neuroblastoma on his fourth birthday in January 2017.
The youngster's family launched an appeal to raise £200,000 to pay for therapy which was not available on the NHS.
The fundraising target was achieved with huge support from Leeds United.
Early testing after treatment showed his bone marrow was clear of cancer.
Tragically he was then diagnosed with a
