An 95-year-old care home resident said he has lost his independence and feels hurt emotionally after a carer fleece thousands of pounds of his hard-earned cash to spend on gambling
. Alison Hunter used the victim's bank account to spend on online gambling without his knowledge.
Handing her a nine-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months, Judge Shaun Smith KC said: "What you did was despicable, there's no doubt about that and you are the second person to fleece vulnerable people that I have dealt with in court today."You have had a dreadful life as a young person and that led you to become a gambling addict and against the background of that addiction you committed the offence you have now pleaded guilty to.
The prosecutor said the police became involved in January 2021 when his Power of Attorney contacted them to say that large sums of money were missing from his bank account. Miss Summers said: "She worked there as his carer and provided care for him. He gave her his permission to use his bank card, which he kept in a safe at the home, to get his shopping.
"He told the police he did not give her permission to use the bank card for anything other than to buy his shopping. He said he stopped receiving bank statements and so did not know what was taken."
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