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- Margaret Cassidy, 51, the defendant, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years for defrauding Elizabeth Murphy.
- The theft totaled over £317,000, executed between December 2020 and January 2022 to convert a church in Linthouse, Glasgow, into the Sanctuary Gym.
- The money funded Cassidy's personal expenses, including luxury items and renovations.
- Murphy discovered the theft on bank statements and died before the trial.
- Cassidy denied wrongdoing but was convicted of fraud, including £90,000 in equipment from a fitness company.
