Cancer nurse who told docs she was wealthy patient’s DAUGHTER in sick bid to steal £100k inheritance is struck off

A CANCER nurse who pretended to be a wealthy patient's daughter in a sick bid to steal £100,000 of his inheritance has been struck off.

Anita George befriended Ian Percival, a well-off businessman in his 70s, after meeting him one day while he was walking near his home.

This brief interaction led to a shocking chain of events that culminated in allegations of financial grooming and neglect, and the NHS nurse being struck off the nurse registry.

Ian, who worked as an investor in property and an insurance broker, had seen the nurse in tears on the promenade in Swansea while he was with his dog Snowy, reports .

Part of Ian's work involved renting homes to NHS staff locally, and just three days after meeting the seemingly trustworthy nurse, he invited her into one of his properties to help look after wife Margaret.

Ian and Margaret were married for more than 50 years and were well-known and well-liked in the Swansea area.

Margaret, who had mobility problems, would be assisted by Anita in the private arrangement.

Ian's children have spoken publicly for the first time about the saga, from their home in Brisbane, Australia, with son Richard saying he felt Anita was dubious from the start.

As time progressed, the couple's children became increasingly concerned about Anita's relationship with their parents.

After Ian was diagnosed with cancer, the nurse also began caring for him.

Richard said: "She took over our parents' lives - she was constantly with them."

The couple's son described how Anita began overhauling the pair's life and also began neglecting Margaret.

While daughter Helen initially trusted Anita's professional credentials, she began to become suspicious in the months before Ian's death in December 2016.

She claims Anita was refusing to take care of Margaret and was focusing all her attention on Ian instead.

Following their father's death, Helen and Richard became aware of the vast extent of Anita's involvement with Ian, feeling that she struck up an inappropriate personal relationship with their dad and manipulated him for financial gain.

While investigating themselves, they moved mum Margaret to live with them in Australia - she later died there in 2018.

Richard explained that he found some evidence on their dad's computer about Anita and began to look further into it.

They found that Ian had given the nurse almost £15,000 in cash and shares, a car, and had left her a property worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Helen recalled how disgusted she felt at discovering her dad was "financially groomed" by Anita and that this realisation only came after the will was read.

While Anita said she was simply receiving gifts from a friend, it was revealed she had listed herself as his next of kin, and even as his daughter and adoptive daughter on Ian's medical records.

She had done all of this without Ian's wife or children knowing.

Helen added she felt "devastated" by the fact that Anita was managing Ian's hospital appointments, taking his bloods at home, and accessing medical equipment while pretending to be his daughter.

Ian's family have taken eight years to achieve any form of justice for what happened to them.