Fury of Covid bereaved

WHEN the firm linked to Michelle Mone was told to repay £122million over dodgy PPE this month, it offered a crumb of comfort to angry relatives of Covid victims.

- BY DAVE BURKE Political Correspondent and EMMELINE SAUNDERS

But their fury was reignited after it emerged a company connected to her husband Douglas Barrowman bought a £10million luxury Florida home.

An arm of Barrowman Group splashed out on the four-bedroom property on Fisher Island - known as "Billionaire Island" - in July.

That was three months before the High Court ordered PPE Medpro, which is owned by a consortium led by disgraced peer Mone's husband, to hand back the cash given by the government for surgical gowns that turned out to be faulty.

It went into administration on the same day as the ruling then missed the October 15 deadline to cough up.

Deborah Doyle, who lost her mum Sylvia Griffiths, 76, in a care home in April 2020, said news of the flat purchase was adding "insult to injury".

The 58-year-old, of Sunderland, added: "What a slap in the face for the care staff and the bereaved that [PPE Medpro] will not pay back the millions that could now potentially help our struggling NHS.