THERE is just something too stunning to believe about the ‘adventures’, if that is the right word, of Nina Raymont.

She was on the run from an allegation of drug dealing when, through misfortune, ended up sharing a room in a mental hospital with Sandra Forshaw.

Raymont then stole her identity and embarked on a new life at various exotic spots. It was the early 1980s and is a shocking reminder of how lax some of the security around identification documents were.

And Raymont then exploited the flaw that, once you have one piece of official documentation you can build up the rest of your identity – even extending it to getting British passports for her children.

This was no case of circumstances snowballing beyond her control.

She manipulatively continued her identity theft, even volunteering to work for Helen & Douglas House Hospice and holding other documents such as a will for purposes you can only guess at.

Her belief that she could lie her way out of any situation even saw her giving evidence in court under oath as “Mrs Forshaw”.

Nina Raymont is exceptionally lucky to have walked out of court a free woman yesterday. Let’s hope she doesn’t take her chance for a new life so literally again.