Fraudster Pamela Gwinnett extradited from Tenerife to UK

A convicted fraudster who fled to Spain after stealing nearly 300,000 pounds from an elderly woman has been returned to the United Kingdom to serve her prison sentence. Pamela Gwinnett, 63, arrived at Manchester Airport on Thursday, July 30, escorted by National Crime Agency officers following her arrest and extradition from Tenerife. She is scheduled to appear at Preston Crown Court on Friday, July 31, for failing to appear for her sentencing last year.

Gwinnett was convicted in her absence in October 2025 of fraud by abuse of position and theft, receiving a six-year prison sentence. She had fled the UK in April 2025, just days after a judge refused her request to vary her bail conditions to travel to Tenerife under the pretext of scattering her brother's ashes. She remained on the island until her arrest by Spanish authorities earlier this month.

The court found that Gwinnett had systematically defrauded Joan Green, a retired accountant in her late 80s, whom she had positioned herself to care for during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gwinnett persuaded Mrs. Green to grant her Lasting Power of Attorney and then proceeded to isolate the vulnerable woman from her family and friends. She...