A conwoman dubbed the 'Black Widow' for spinning a web of lies which allowed her to swindle nearly £300,000 from a pensioner is in jail after 16 months on the run in Tenerife.

Pamela Gwinnett has been jailed for six years and two months for raiding £300,000 from the life savings of vulnerable pensioner Joan Green while pretending to be her carer

Gwinnett had her sentence increased at Preston Crown Court on Monday