UKIP rep took £46k off OAP

AN ex-UKIP councillor plundered £46,000 from a 98-year-old war veteran’s bank, a court heard.

Stephanie Todd, 57, also got Philip Wall to change his will in her benefit.

Todd, of Catterick, North Yorks, was found guilty of theft. The ex-Richmondshire councillor will be sentenced next year as she was too ill to attend Teesside crown court.

Widower Mr Wall was said to be “devastated”.

A source said: “She was manipulating him.”