Mum, 68, fell for African toyboy before he left - and cost her Sh2.5 million

Beth Haining is counting the £18,000 cost of falling for a toyboy (Image: Damien McFadden/Triangle News)

After a working life as a probation officer and social worker, Beth Haining reckoned she was a good judge of character – and certainly not the sort to suffer fools gladly.

So when she read stories of lonely older women falling for toyboys in faraway climes online – blowing their life savings on them and even marrying them – she’d laugh and shake her head in disbelief that they could be so gullible.