The two women had been as close as 'mother and daughter' but their friendship soured and turned nasty over £200,000 that was supposed to be used to buy a house.
A public health researcher was embroiled in a legal tussle over the ownership of a piece of land between her £1 million home and her neighbour s property.
Dawn already owned her downstairs flat but a court heard Norma transferred ownership of her upstairs flat in 2014 saying she was trying to minimise the eventual inheritance tax