Overview
- A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing at Derby Crown Court ordered Laura McPherson to pay £30,715 to ex-partner Jon Leonard by January 5.
- Prosecutors said she falsely claimed multiple cancers between 2017 and 2022 to obtain about £24,248 and high‑value gifts, including a £30,000 Rolex.
- Court reporting detailed spending on a trip to Austria’s Mayr Clinic for holistic and weight‑loss programs and on breast augmentation, not cancer care.
- She admitted fraud earlier and in March received a two‑year community order with curfew and probation requirements in place of immediate custody.
- Leonard, who runs Ultra Events raising roughly £39–40 million for cancer charities, called the outcome the end of an eight‑and‑a‑half‑year ordeal.