A bride-to-be faked cancer to dupe a charity into funding her wedding.

Carla Louise Evans, 29, claimed she didn't have long left to live after she was diagnosed with terminal bladder cancer and liver failure.

She even forged a senior hospital consultant's signature on forms for the charity, which had agreed to help her, a court heard.

Wish For A Wedding, based on Jersey Street in Ancoats , Manchester, was set up to support couples living with terminal illness by arranging wedding cermonies.

Evans, a mother-of-two, is now facing jail after she pleaded guilty to committing fraud by false representation.

Police were informed that Evans was lying and an investigation was launched.

Newport magistrates' court in south Wales heard this week how Evans first applied to the charity in November last year.

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Prosecutor Andrew Gwynne said: "Evans applied to the charity claiming she had cancer and liver failure.

"In fact she had neither of these conditions.

"She forged the signature of consultant urologist Dr Adam Carter on the charity's application form.

"The charity agreed to pay £15,000 towards the wedding - all she had to contribute was £500."

The court heard the charity became suspicious and police were called in.

Mr Gwynne said Dr Carter had no record of Evans as a patient at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport, south Wales.

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Evans, of Trecenydd, Caerphilly, south Wales, admitted fraud by false representation when she applied to the charity.

Newport JPs sent the case to the crown court for sentence because the fraud was 'too serious' an offence for them to deal with.

Evans, who has no previous convictions and was released on bail ahead of sentence, could be jailed for between six months and three years.

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Rachael Kirkwood, who set up the charity, said after the case: "We always check thoroughly to make sure people have the condition and they only have a few months to live."

It's understood that no money was ever handed over to Evans by the charity and the fraud was discovered before any wedding services were provided.

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The Manchester-based charity funds between five and 10 weddings every year for couples facing a terminal illness.