Singapore Court Adds 34 Fraud Charges Against British Woman
Introduction
Dionne Marie Hanna is an 85-year-old British woman. She was in a Netflix documentary called ''Con Mum''. A Singapore court added 34 new charges against her. Now she has 39 charges in total. The new charges are about cheating and fraud. The police say she tricked more people than before.
Main Body
The police first charged her in March 2025. They charged her after the documentary came out. The documentary showed her meeting her son again. Her son is a pastry chef in London. She asked him for money. A DNA test showed they are mother and son. The new charges say she told people she was very rich. She said she was from the Brunei royal family. She said she was very sick and would die soon. She said she would give her money to them. The police say she tricked 14 people. Before, they said she tricked 3 people. The total money is more than S$800,000 (about US$625,700). For example, she told one man she would make him her stepson. She said she would give money to his company. The man paid her hundreds of thousands of dollars. She told a woman she would buy her a Lexus car, an Aston Martin car, and a house in Sentosa Cove. The woman paid her ''processing fees''. She also asked for smaller amounts of money. She asked for S$3,000 to give food (briyani) at a mosque. She asked for S$2,000 to help blind people. She said she would give S$3 million to Masjid Khalid mosque. She said she would give S$2 million to Mawar Community Services. The police kept her in prison after her arrest. She did not say if she is guilty or not guilty. Her lawyers work for free (Pro Bono SG). The next court meeting is in May 2025.
Conclusion
Dionne Marie Hanna now has 39 charges in Singapore. The police say she tricked 14 people. The case will go to a court meeting in May. If the court finds her guilty, she could go to prison for up to 20 years.