OAP claims fiance, 70, he met on Plenty of Fish dumped him because he wouldn’t pay for her £9k facelift
He tried to get back the car he gave her or the value of money spent but was told by a sheriff it was a gift
A FILM-MAKER claims his 71-year-old fiancee dumped him when he refused to spend any more money on her.
Stanley Mazur has since taken her to court to try and get back a car he bought her and some money, but a sheriff ruled that as it was a gift and he is not entitled to get it back.
He says he and Astrid van Harn split when he would not pay for a £9,000 facelift, and when he asked for the sports car he had bought her back she refused.
The Daily Record reported that Stanley accused his former partner of being a “gold digger”.
The pair met in June last year through dating website Plenty of Fish and within weeks, they were engaged.
But by October they had parted after he says he refused spend any more money. He said: “It was a never-ending ATM trip.”
The pair battled it out in front of a sheriff for two days after Stanley vowed to reclaim the convertible car and the money he spent on her during their relationship.
In a hearing at Aberdeen Civil Court before Sheriff Jack Brown, Glasgow-born Stanley was seeking either the car back or £5000, plus £3673 in cash.
The sheriff ruled that it was a gift and that he shouldn’t get any cash back.
Astrid, of Banchory, Aberdeenshire, said the car was a gift part paid for by the £1000 trade-in on her car, and that any other money Stanley spent went on housekeeping during their time together. She added that Stanley had "steam rollered" her into an engagement.
She told the court: “I was looking for friendship and companionship. He was very funny, flamboyant, had long hair and a stetson hat.
“Do not forget I am lonely and vulnerable and he is quite a forceful person.”
Stanley said: “I’m 70 and easily conned. If a flashy woman gives you what you want, you’re daft aren’t you?”
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He insisted the car had been purchased for a joint business venture in Malaga.
He told the court: "Although we were engaged and she broke it off, she’s insisting she can keep the car.
“But the car wasn’t bought just because I buy cars for women – it was bought because we were getting married and were going off to live in Spain.
“We were going to use the car to drive down to Spain. I spent £7500. She put her old car in which gave us a trade-in of £1000.
“But then she broke off the engagement because I wouldn’t give her £9000 to have her eyes lensed and her face resculpted.
“She threw me out and gave me the ring back, which was only £150 because she picked it. She chose a Princess Diana copy ring.
“The proof was in all the credit card statements, receipts and stuff. She doesn’t deny any of it.”
The Daily Record reported Stanley claimed he’d spent around £12,000 plus the cost of the car during their three-month fling.
Across the courtroom, he asked his ex: “Was I just an old fool so much in love with you that I let you take advantage of me?”
She replied: “I just cannot believe the question.”
Stanley told the court he thought they would be together for years and Sheriff Brown said there was no doubt he had been swept off his feet, but that Astrid's evidence had been "credible and reliable".
He ruled that the car was a gift and that Stanley shouldn’t get any money back.
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