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The woman who acted as the "bogus wife" of millionaire property developer David Abrahams - the man at the centre of the Labour Party donor row - has revealed some of the details of his eccentric lifestyle.
Anthea Bailey said the couple planned to marry in the week before his selection for the North Yorkshire constituency of Richmond in 1990, but said Abrahams called it off the night before the wedding.
He was deselected after she revealed that she and her son had pretended to be the businessman's family.
Bailey told the Mail on Sunday that Abrahams revealed he had spent three days with his dead father propped up in bed, and that he had sent a sample of her handwriting to a graphologist.
She said she was "stunned" when she first visited Abrahams' home in Gosforth Park, Newcastle.
"There was a massive, 7ft statue of Elvis in pink. There was a huge painting of his mother playing a violin and a lifesize photo of his father, Bennie, in full mayoral outfit."
She said sometimes bundles of cash up to £20,000 were left lying around.
Bailey said Abrahams proposed just two months after they met. They parted in May 1991.
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