Conwoman case on T V.

NEWCASTLE legend Alan Shearer unwittingly helped bring moneygrabbing maneater Emma Golightly to justice.

The serial conwoman was jailed two years ago for using lonely hearts columns to meet wealthy men and plunder their credit cards.

Now a television documentary reveals how Golightly pretended to be a doctor treating a child cancer patient who wanted to meet Shearer in one of her cruel scams.

Using the fake name Dr Taylor Golightly, she befriended gym manageress Gill Grainger and her partner Michael Jeffels, who had contacts at Newcastle United.

Gill told the TV programme Conmen Case Files on the Crime and Investigation Network how Golightly wormed her way into their lives after joining the Kicks gym in Wallsend on the assumed name.

She said: "My partner arranged for Alan Shearer to meet the little boy.

"Everything was arranged, it was confirmed the night before, but in the morning she said the boy had died during the night."

A sting operation was set up, and police apprehended Golightly. The arrest led to further inquiries, which revealed the depth of her lies to several men.

She was later jailed for two years at Newcastle Crown Court in 2007.