Dozens of local brides are getting their money back after their wedding decorator suddenly went out of business last year.
The court has ordered the owner of Amour Décor pay back her customers, after abandoning them- some just days before their wedding.
In May 2011, Courtney Thompson was left high and dry by Amour Décor days before her wedding. She was left scrambling to find everything from linens to decorations.
After Thompson's story aired on Global News, phone calls from dozens of other affected brides came flooding in.
"I was crying, pretty much, a lot. You feel really betrayed," bride Heather Carleton said in May 2011.
"We hope for this day our whole lives. A girl plans this from the time she's five," said bride Desiree Julien.
Now, many of those brides are getting an unexpected surprise- their money back.
RCMP charged the owner of Amour Décor, Amy Conibear, with 73 counts of fraud. Those charges were eventually stayed and she pled guilty to four counts under the fair trading act.
"It was big case for us. A lot of work, a lot of people had to be interviewed and then a lot of evidence had to be gathered," explained Constable Barb Roy with Spruce Grove/Stony Plain RCMP.
In total, Conibear was ordered to pay back more than $22,000 to customers.
"It was amazing to finally have that money back," said bride Jenelle Dziekciarz adding, "I wanted her to get some sort of justice."
Only Amour Décor customers who submitted paperwork by a specific deadline and didn't receive money back from paypal or a credit card company received their money back through the court.
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