![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/burger-van-chef-left-5m-by-rich-customer-wins-fight-with-mans-sister-to-keep-fortune/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1_PAY-SamJones1JPG.jpg&description=David Turner, 71, left £5million to his friend Sam Jones who he "treated like a son" after meeting at a mobile food van, to the chagrin of the deceased's sister who contested the will A burger bar chef left a massive fortune of £5million by a businessman who befriended him at his roadside snackbar has won a bitter inheritance fight with the dead man's sister. David Turner, 71, died from an aggressive brain tumour in 2017, and left the bulk of his wealth to Sam Jones, who he "treated like a son". The pair met 17 years earlier "when Mr Turner started to frequent Mr Jones' mobile catering unit site in Chertsey", London's High Court heard as they shared a mutual passion for guitars and classic cars. In contrast he labelled his estranged sister Linda Cano a "conniving b****", cutting her out of his will. Mr Turner, who ran a skip hire business, left Mr Jones his home in Chertsey which has been in the family for 70 years. As well as that, he bequeathed his half share in a 14-acre plot near the M25, which if granted planning permission for development could have a price tag of up to £10m. Additional lesser legacies went to other friends of Mr Turner's - including his musical instruments - while £5,000 was left to the British Polio Fellowship, as Mr Turner had been stricken by polio as a child. But Mr Turner's 2013 will ended up being challenged in court by his sister, because a copy of his original testament was never found. During the trial, Rose Fetherstonhaugh - Mr Jones' barrister - said there was ample evidence Mr Turner wanted his longtime pal to inherit his wealth, pointing out Mr Jones cared for him in his final months and organised both his funeral and his wake. She said: 'Mr Turner, who had no children of his own, treated Mr Jones like a son and was very close to his family. "Mr Jones looked to him as a father figure and he was a grandfather figure to Mr Jones' children. Mr Turner grew closer and closer to Mr Jones, and Mr Jones would be around the deceased regul){kind=link}
David Turner, 71, left £5million to his friend Sam Jones who he “treated like a son” after meeting at a mobile food van, to the chagrin of the deceased’s sister who contested the will
A burger bar chef left a massive fortune of £5million by a businessman who befriended him at his roadside snackbar has won a bitter inheritance fight with the dead man’s sister.
David Turner, 71, died from an aggressive brain tumour in 2017, and left the bulk of his wealth to Sam Jones, who he “treated like a son”.
The pair met 17 years earlier “when Mr Turner started to frequent Mr Jones’ mobile catering unit site in Chertsey”, London’s High Court heard as they shared a mutual passion for guitars and classic cars.
In contrast he labelled his estranged sister Linda Cano a “conniving b****”, cutting her out of his will.