Lawyer, 66, who stole £280k from dead pensioner's estate and sent half to ...
Lawyer, 66, who stole £280,000 from dead pensioner's estate then sent half to his cash-strapped ex-wife and lavished £55,000 on his 'excessive lifestyle' is struck off Lawyer Andrew Eastham, 66, has been struck off for taking £280,000 from deceased pensioner's estate He spent over £55,000 on an 'excessive lifestyle' and sent his ex-wife £150,000 Solicitor paid £7,500 estate's rightful beneficiary but took the other £279,000
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A lawyer jailed for fraud has been struck off for taking £280,000 from a deceased pensioner's estate and sending more than half of it to his cash-strapped ex-wife.
Andrew Eastham, 66, spent over £55,000 enjoying an 'excessive lifestyle' and sent his former spouse almost £150,000 after swindling his late client's funds.
The solicitor paid just £7,500 to the estate's rightful beneficiary but fraudulently took the remainder of the estate - totalling £279,000.
£120,000 was withdrawn in cash and nearly £5,000 was
