Cleaner wins legal battle for £250,000 estate after stamp collection gift

Susan Pope, a cleaner and carer for Ray Watts, has won a legal battle over his will, inheriting most of his £250,000 estate. Watts had previously given her a £200,000 stamp collection for just £1 and cut out his step-daughter, Beverley Neate. Neate contested the validity of Watts' revised will, claiming he would not have excluded her. However, the court ruled in favor of Pope, affirming that Watts intended to leave his estate to her due to Neate's "disrespectful" actions. The judge found that Watts' 2019 will and a subsequent codicil were valid. Pope's involvement in Watts' life and care was significant, and the court noted that he had expressed his wishes clearly before his death in 2021.