Health club owner ‘conned his ill father out of £100k’

A health club owner helped himself to more than £100,000 from his frail father’s savings when put in charge of the seriously ill man’s finances, a court heard today. (Tues) Max Sharp, 47, was given control of retired former doctor James Caveney Sharp’s money when the 79-year-old became so ill he could not manage on his own. For seven and a half years he allegedly abused his position as Deputy for Property and Affairs to steal £105,000. Sharp, who has…