Parkrunner ‘Marvellous Mike’, 81, in court fight over wife’s will

An 81-year-old man who has completed more than 300 Parkruns is locked in a legal row with his two stepchildren who accuse him of trespassing in their mother’s house.

Michael Morfey has been described in court as “Marvellous Mike” as a result of his running prowess.

A judge has heard that his second wife, Karen, died in 2021 and left him nothing in her will despite the couple having been together for 18 years. Instead, the retired teacher bequeathed her £600,000 house in south London to her two children, Alexander and Emma Davies, in equal shares. She only granted her husband the right to stay in the property for a year after her death.

Mr Morfey is suing for a £300,000 share of the property