Author Raynor Winn has been accused of fabricating or giving misleading information about some elements of her best-selling book The Salt Path.The 2018 book, and recent film adaptation, told the story of a couple who decide to walk the 630-mile South West Coast Path after their home is repossessed.

The author of The Salt Path has been dropped by a leading charity after she was accused of embezzling £64,000. Raynor Winn’s best-selling memoir tells the story of the author and her husband Moth, who decided to walk the 630-mile South West Coast Path after their home was repossessed and Moth was diagnosed with a degenerative disease.

The Salt Path author has been accused of embezzling money from a former employer and inventing the reason she and her husband lost their home, which inspired their best-selling memoir.