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Fake Oxford student cons parents out of £250k
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A woman who cheated her parents out of £250,000 by pretending to study at Oxford University while spending thousands on holidays and a secret marriage, has been jailed.
Nicola Boardman, a former heroin addict, also spent some of the money on drugs, Truro Crown Court heard.
Her parents said the ordeal had "devastated" their lives.
Boardman, 34, who pleaded guilty to one count of fraud, was jailed for three years and four months.
She told her parents she wanted to do a PhD and claimed she had interviews at both Cambridge and Oxford universities, and was later accepted at Oxford. However, Philip Lee, prosecuting, said "this was all made up".
As well as funding her supposed studies over a period of four years, Boardman's parents also paid for "fake university trips" to Mongolia and Greece, the court heard.
Frank and Marilyn Boardman gave up their jobs and sold their home, believing their daughter's claims that she would make £3m on the strength of her academic work and pay back the money.
Boardman spent £10,000 on a marriage to a man from Redruth whom she knew her family "hated", with no family members invited, the court heard.
She then became pregnant and told her parents that she had a stillbirth and invited them to a "sham" ceremony where the ashes were scattered, in an attempt to gain further sympathy.
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