THE husband of a pensioner who died owing more than £100,000 in medical bills is having to sell his items to pay off the bill.

Peter Morley has already sold a car to help ease the debts incurred after wife Phoebe Morley was diagnosed and treated for cancer during a two-week holiday to Florida in the summer.

Mrs Morley's insurance company refused to cover the costs after the 76-year-old failed to declare her full medical history.

The Ewood pensioner, who lived in Bolton Road, had been diagnosed with gallstones at Blackburn Royal Infirmary before she left.

Mrs Morley had an operation to remove her gallbladder at the Florida Hospital, in Kissimmee, where surgeons discovered the cancer.

Medical bills from the different doctors who treated Mrs Morley have continued to pour in leaving Peter with the huge debt.

Mrs Morley was flown home to England by a specially-chartered air ambulance in July paid for by Prince Aziz of Brunei. She was whisked to Blackburn Royal Infirmary where she died in August.

A charity night held at the Stop and Rest Pub, in Brandy House Brow, Blackburn, at the end of September raised £500 with half of that going to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph Magic Eye Appeal which aims to raise £200,000 for a state-of-the-art ultrasound endoscopic scanner.

The equipment will benefit the whole of East Lancashire by offering quicker and less traumatic diagnosis of stomach and oesophagus cancer.

Now Peter is hoping to sell the four-berth caravan he, Phoebe and daughter Michelle used to take on holidays, for £2,300.

Peter, 60, who recently underwent hospital treatment himself due to the stress of the bills, said: "I need to sell it to raise more money.

"We used to go to car rally's all over the country in it and Phoebe liked a place up in Morecambe, but I won't be using it now. I don't want to sell it but I have to. I've had bills from five different doctors now and the costs keep rising. It's still all a nightmare."