The couple travelled to Florida where Graham was left kicking his So Thompson came up with the story that she was a close friend ofĪrtist David Shepherd who had given her a gift of paintings she hoped toĪll Graham had to do was give her his savings to invest in their But Graham had pounds 30,000 saved and was not in She span the old lines of the American Dream and "I'mĭying of cancer". Through the lonely hearts columns of Army and Navy News. Married prison officer she met in jail and an army officer she met Thompson had spent the previous months having affairs with a UNLUCKY customs officer Graham Binks met Thompson at GatwickĪirport after the swindler was freed from Winchester jail. Owing a fortune in hotel bills Robert was deported back to Britain Inįact, she returned to Britain where she was jailed for 18 months for the Then Thompson suddenly announced she was going to New York. To cover her disappearances she concocted an extraordinary storyĪbout being a key FBI witness in a case against the Mafia.įor two months the couple moved between hotels with ThompsonĬlaiming they were being trailed by vengeful gangsters. Pounds 36,000 from the Woolwich in Arundel and had to return to Britain Unknown to besotted Robert, Thompson was by now accused of stealing I gave upĮverything I was so infatuated with her. "I saw going to America as a positive step. In June 1995, the couple left for Florida. Robert coughed up pounds 6,000 savings and She also claimed she was suffering from cancer and that her father Helping her new lover set up in business. Thompson talked of starting a new life together in America and Weeks Robert moved into Thompson's Yapton home. During their time togetherĪt the Halifax thousands went missing from his till when Thompson wasīut that was all in the past. She said she wanted him to come to a trainees' reunion, and Halifax Building Society in north London. Waite who she first met in 1980 when they were both trainees with the They plan to exhume Julian's body.Ī YEAR after Julian's death, Thompson contacted teacher Robert Sheīut detectives discovered she was still married to first husband Nominated his mother as the sole beneficiary of his pounds 45,000įinancial adviser Peter Stokes said: "She went ballistic. How do I claim the money?' I couldn't believe it."Īfter Julian's death, Thompson was enraged to find he had The next moment, she said 'I know his life was insured. She said: "She was crying 'Julian isĭead'. Gazette chief reporter Jeannie Knight found her sitting on theĭoorstep at 7.30am. Office asking how soon she would receive his death-in-service cheque. Hours after her husband's end, Thompson turned up at his Said he believed Julian never considered suicide. West Sussex coroner Mark Calvert-Lee recorded an open verdict. Wife, yelling: "What do you mean all the money has gone?"Īt 1am that night an ambulance was called and he was found dead inīed, having ingested a cocktail of aspirin and anti-depressants. Hours before he died he was heard having a blazing row with his Was found dead by his wife at their home in Yapton, near Arundel. Julian changed jobs and became an advertising executive on the Westīut early on Jthe day after his 31st birthday - he Thompson, the couple owed thousands to credit card companies. Soon, the joint bank account was overdrawn. It was all lies, but Julian took her at her word. Several trips to Florida, where Thompson said she would help Julian setīut, strangely, her "contacts" kept letting her down. The couple talked of starting a new life in America and made Later, she suggested marriage - and he agreed again. Thompson suggested a date, and the willing dupe agreed. THEN engineer Julian Webb met Thompson in 1990 while she was anĪmbitious 29-year-old working at the Arundel, West Sussex, branch of the The others rue theĭay they met the 40-year-old temptress. Married illegally - died in mysterious circumstances. One victim, Julian Webb - Thompson's second husband who she Her total haul was an estimated pounds 500,000. Then, after fleecing them, she dumped them to move on to her next Played on their sympathy with false sob stories of dying from cancer. The bond with promises of a new life in the US. Victims, some of who she found through lonely hearts ads, with firstĪfter "vetting" them to discover their wealth, she sealed ONE by one the lonely men fell for sweet-talking Dena Thompson -Īnd one by one she stripped them of their cash.įraudster and bigamist Thompson cynically won the affection of her APA style: LONELY HEARTS TRICKSTER: She used sex to win their hearts then took them for every penny.LONELY HEARTS TRICKSTER: She used sex to win their hearts then took them for every penny." Retrieved from MLA style: "LONELY HEARTS TRICKSTER: She used sex to win their hearts then took them for every penny." The Free Library.
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