Woman denies defrauding teenage cancer charity

A woman's been in court in Carlisle accused of defrauding a charity set up by a teenager with cancer.

Thirty-two-year-old Hayley McTaggart faced five fraud charges and three counts of theft at the city's crown court.

Amongst the accusations is that she set up a bogus raffle for Alice's Escapes - a charity founded by Cumbrian teenager Alice Pyne, who died following a five-year battle with cancer.

The defendant, from Whitehven, is also accused of taking a cheque for £2,000 from the charity to pay for a sponsored walk up Kilimanjaro.

She denies all the charges and will next be at court in June.