On Saturday, Carolyn Woods told her astonishing story about how she fell for serial conman Mark Acklom's lies about being a MI6 spy and gave him her £850,000 life savings.
Today, in the final part of a gripping serialisation from her book, she recalls the devastating moment she discovers the truth — and finally faces the fraudster in court . . .
Soaring high in the skies above the Cotswolds in an aeroplane, I felt a sense of freedom and exhilaration I had not known for months.
It was August 2012 and my fiancé, Mark, had phoned me that afternoon and asked if I fancied going flying.