Daughter wins £127k in bitter sibling battle after caring for dementia-stricken mum

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EMBARGO 00.40 GMT 30/10/26 Sheila Wills. // Bern Rogers, 71, has won a landmark High Court case and been awarded ??127,500 for the care she provided her mother, Sheila Wills, in the final years of her life. The ruling follows a six-and-a-half year dispute which began after Sheila died in April 2020 and Bern withdrew ??100,000 from her mother's accounts, saying it was payment for more than two years of intensive care. Bern was later accused of fraud and theft but was unanimously cleared by a jury at Bristol Crown Court in 2022. Bern, a grandmother of six from Bristol, said: "I went from being held up as a saint for looking after mum to suddenly being this terrible criminal. Photo released 29/10/2026
Bern Rogers cared for her mum Sheila Wills (above) in the final years of her life (Picture: SWNS)

A woman who took £100,000 from her mother’s estate for looking after her before ...

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