Heartless cleaner gambled away widow’s Rod Stewart compensation

A cleaner who gambled away £40,000 worth of ‘blood money’ from her friend’s savings has been jailed for more than two years. Jean Jones, 45, inherited the cash following the death of her brother, Colin, who himself received a pay-out as a result of life-changing injuries suffered in a fall at a Rod Stewart concert in 1983. Mr Jones was left mentally and physically disabled and died of liver cancer in June 2013 Ms Jones grew close to long-term friend…