Overview

• Manchester Crown Court granted a confiscation order of £184,862 with a matching compensation order so victims receive the full sum.
• Flowers, 75, is serving a three-year sentence after pleading guilty to 18 fraud counts in July 2024.
• Non-payment within three months triggers an additional two-and-a-half years in custody under the court's default terms.
• He exploited power of attorney and his role as executor to redirect Margaret Jarvis’s pension and raid estate funds, continuing after her death.
• Charities and one niece named in the will lost bequests as Flowers spent the money on holidays, alcohol, events, and home improvements.