Mrs Wright, who is better known by her stage name Meg Wynn Owen, starred in various well-known TV shows and films including Love Actually, Doctor Who
A former actress living in a care home had to wear clothes from deceased residents after her friend stole £65,000 from her life savings.
Malam had been granted power of attorney over the finances of Margaret Wright - whom he had been friends with for many years after meeting through their work at the BBC - due to her dementia and mental capacity in 2014. As reported by Wales Online, prosecutor Abigail Jackson said Mrs Wright then moved into a care home in Cardiff the following year, where Malam would visit her.
This left carers with no money to buy clothes for Mrs Wright, meaning she had to be dressed in items left by deceased residents. There were also no funds to pay for a hairdresser, with staff having to cut Mrs Wright's hair instead. He was arrested and admitted spending "tens of thousands of pounds" of Mrs Wright's money in a police interview. However, he claimed that he intended to pay her back.
Brian Malam, of Bradford Street, Grangetown, Cardiff, pleaded guilty to fraud. He has no previous convictions. Andrew Davies, mitigating, said the parties had known each other for decades, and in her latter years Malam had been the only person caring for Mrs Wright.
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