A Brighton solicitor is facing fraud charges over claims he sold a dead woman’s house to himself at a reduced rate while he was administering her will.
Richard Walker was hired by Wayne Flamank to adminster the will of Dorice Weller, over which he had been appointed executor after she died in June 2020.
The bulk of Ms Weller’s estate was a Grade II listed house called Beestons in Vines Cross near Heathfield, which was to be sold.
Mr Walker, 53, whose address in court records is listed as Beestons, appeared in court today in connection with four charges of fraud.
