Template:29 March

29th March 1998: At her trial for fraud, Deirdre Rachid was found guilty on all counts and sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment. The real culprit, Jon Lindsay, was let off with a suspended sentence. Deirdre had been conned by Jon, who had charmed her with stories about his life as an airline pilot. Even after finding out he wasn't a pilot but the owner of a tie shop, Deirdre had continued to see him. Deirdre and Jon had taken out a joint mortgage in Ian Jenkins' name, and Deirdre, blinded by love, had trusted Jon to handle everything. His web of lies started to unravel when Deirdre found out he had a family and a house. In court, Jon pled guilty to the charge of conspiracy to obtain money by deception, and the jury believed his insistence that Deirdre was the mastermind behind the operation and had duped him. Deirdre had pled Deirdre pleads not guilty to counts of obtaining money by deception, obtaining property by deception and theft.
 * For more information see Episode 4376 (29th March 1998).