Bitter inheritance row after elderly stamp collector sells his £200k collection to his cleaner for just £1 - before leaving his step-children out of his will and giving her most of his £250k estate

A bitter row has broken out after an elderly stamp collector sold his £200,000 collection to his cleaner for just £1, before leaving most of his £250,000 estate to her in his will. Mrs Neate, daughter of Mr Watts' second wife, has taken the case to Central London County Court, claiming Mrs Pope cannot prove that it reflected her stepfather's true intentions. a court has been told Mr Watts is said to have already sold his stamp collection - which could be worth £200,000 - for £1 to Sue Pope, who is pictured here outside Central London County Court Beverley Neate, pictured outside Central London County Court, is challenging the new will which was written by her stepfather Ray Watts in 2019 two years before his death But Mrs Pope - who says she was far more than a cleaner and carer to her friend Mr Watts - is fighting back, claiming that he wanted to cut out his 'disrespectful' stepdaughter after she changed the locks at his home when he was in hospital. Ray Watts is pictured here with his stepdaughter Beverley Neate, who is now pursuing a legal challenge over the will he drew up two years before his death aged 90 in 2021 Ray Watts married his second wife Fay in 1988 - the couple are pictured here together Ray Watts' earlier 2007 will would have left his estate - including his share of the family home in Great Waldingfield, near Sudbury, Suffolk - to his six children and stepchildren equally Her barrister Nathan Wells said Mr Watts had been described in hospital as 'confused with a reduced level of consciousness' and that there had been a 'slowing of his thinking'. He said Mrs Pope's account had been corroborated by Mr Watts' three biological children, with Nicholas Watts saying his father considered he had given the three children enough during his lifetime.