A woman has won a £2 million inheritance claim after a solicitor’s cat unearthed the will of her late brother, which had been lost for two decades.
Venetia Murray and her brothers, Dean and Dale Brunt, had owned a farm in Hertfordshire, inherited from their grandfather and valued at £6 million.
Dean died in a railway accident in 2007 aged 35 and it was thought that he had no will. As a result, his £2 million share of the farm went to his 82-year-old mother, Marlene Brunt, who in turn handed it to her eldest child, Dale, 40.
A family feud broke out after Ms Murray discovered the existence of two wills made by Dean in 1999. She and her uncle, Bob Wrangle, were pitched