Learn more

By Fran Bowden A woman who conspired to have her abusive mother killed has ­spoken of her regret after being freed from jail and how she also forgives both her mum and herself. Gypsy Rose Blanchard, 32, suffered for years at the hands of Dee Dee, who had psychological disorder Munchausen syndrome by proxy – in which someone seeks attention by faking illness in a child in their care. Gypsy was subjected to 30 unnecessary operations, including the removal of her saliva glands and insertion of a feeding tube, and was forced to pose as a wheelchair-bound invalid with muscular dystrophy and leukaem…