Astor's son jailed for looting her fortune

The 85-year-old son of Brooke Astor was jailed for up to three years for exploiting the philanthropist’s mental frailty to plunder her millions.

Former US ambassador and Broadway producer Anthony Marshall showed little emotion as state Supreme Court Justice Kirke Bartley sentenced him in New York to one to three years in prison – the minimum term his conviction required – for looting his mother’s fortune.