A DEVASTATED mum has slammed sick “fraudsters” for setting up a funeral fund to cash in on the death of her equestrian star daughter. Iona Sclater, 15, was pronounced dead at the scene …
The teenager was one of the sport's rising stars and had been longlisted to take part in the 2019 European eventing championships in Poland.
A post was also added to the teenager's Instagram account, which reads: "There are unauthorised fundraising activities that have appeared and these are not sanctioned so please refrain from donating at this time." She had posted a picture on Instagram of her and horse, writing: "Find me someone who looks at me the way Swatchy does. Thank you @adamfanthorpe for capturing these special moments."pretending to raise money for the funeral of house fire victim Billy Hicks.British Eventing paid tribute to Iona, describing her as one of the sport's brightest young stars.
Sclater won a British Eventing Under-18 competition at Stratford Hills in Essex in June on her pony Foxtown Cufflynx.
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