She was born and bred in a slum tenement in Glasgow’s Gorbals, married four times and had 11 children.
SHE was the con artist who passed herself off as an aristocrat to dupe vulnerable people out of their life savings – or what little money they had.
Bain also claimed that Hollywood legend Maurice Chevalier had been her godfather and French singing star Charles Aznavour was a former boyfriend.Bain first hit the headlines in 1967, while in her 30s, when she became involved in a scandalous relationship with Father Fallon. “He was a good man but the battle of his conscience was won by the Church. His love of the Church was too strong.”
The con came to an end when the shameless scamster was sentenced to four years at Lincoln Crown Court in 1985 after a family friend had gone to the police on behalf of the Warners. “When we found out what had happened, the cancer came back. He blamed himself and I will always say that what she did shortened his life.”
Three years later she received 15 months at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for seven Contessa de Leone frauds totalling more than £3000. He said: “I just thought she was an old woman down on her luck. Now I realise she has been stringing me along for years.”
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