Mother-of-one, Nicole Elkabbas (pictured), 44, from Kent, conned hundreds into donating more than £40,000 by pretending she had cancer and will only have to pay back a fiver.
Updated: 11 Feb 2021, 10:11
A MUM who faked cancer to swindle more than £52,000 from well-wishers to splurge on holidays sobbed as she was jailed today.
Nicole Elkabbas, 42, claimed she needed to pay for life-saving ovarian cancer treatment - then splashed donations on her lavish lifestyle.
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Nicole Elkabbas, 42, posted a pic claiming to show her stricken in hospital - but was from a previous operation to remove her gallbladderCredit: PA:Press Association
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She splurged on football tickets and gambling and took six trips to Spain for treatment Credit: INS News
Elkabbas, of Broadstairs, Kent, set up a GoFundMe page to rake in thousand of pounds in donations before funnelling the funds into her own account.
Trust has postponed some of its less urgent surgery
Most other urgent cancer surgery continuing in South East
A specialist trust has freed up 29 theatre sessions a week so cancer surgery from nearby providers can continue during the covid pandemic.
Surgeons from six other trusts across the South East are working with Queen Victoria Hospital Foundation Trust’s theatre teams to offer cancer patients breast, head and neck, and maxillofacial surgery.
The West Sussex trust, which specialises in burns care, reconstructive surgery and rehabilitation, offers some cancer services and provides breast reconstruction surgery rather than mastectomy. It has postponed some less urgent surgery to allow the cancer work to go ahead.