Hairdresser cheated infatuated pensioner out of her home

  A pensioner lost her home to a hairdresser she became infatuated with, a court heard. Sylvia Wood, 79, gifted her home to Alan Cooper, 49, on the promise that she could live there until she died. But Cooper borrowed so much money on the house that Mrs Wood could face the prospect of being made homeless. She even made him an executor of her mentally ill brother’s affairs – allowing Cooper to steal £65,000 from the man’s accounts. Sentencing…