'Wicked' former carer stole £9k from pensioner with Alzheimer's
dailyrecord.co.ukA "wicked" former carer who stole from a pensioner's home and helped herself to all of her savings has been put behind bars for 16 months.
Grandmother Mandy Murphy, aged 52, cared for the victim, 93, in her own home until she was moved to a hospital. Murphy, from Anglesey, Wales, was said to have a "shopping addiction" and stole £9,000 from the pensioner's Post Office account in a total of 16 withdrawals.
She spent the cash on clothes, presents and carpets, as reported by North Wales Live.Murphy had pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position and burglary.
The prosecution called her crimes "cruel and wicked" and a judge at Caernarfon Crown Court in Wales on January 21 sentenced her to 16 months in jail for fraud and 12 months for burglary, to run concurrently.
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