Carer stole £3,000 from disabled lady to purchase Christmas presents

Chereen Adams has quadriplegic cerebral palsy and epilepsy (Image: SWNS)

A carer stole a severely disabled lady’s financial institution card to splurge greater than £3,000 on Christmas presents.

‘Deeply dishonest’ Nicola Beddows, 53, made mates and constructed up belief with Chereen Adams, who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy and epilepsy, whereas at Sandgate Manor care house in Folkestone, Kent, in April final yr.

After swiping her shopper’s card, Beddows ordered £3,137.69 of products on Amazon.

Ms Adams’ kinfolk turned suspicious after they noticed a letter from her financial institution and, when police raided Beddows’ house in October, they found presents, purchased with stolen cash, neatly gift-wrapped.

Among the many objects have been a TV, £250 of video video games, £100 Amazon reward playing cards, a multi-grill and a considerable amount of meat.

Ms Adams nonetheless feels ‘heartbroken and shocked’ by the betrayal, Canterbury Crown Courtroom heard.

Beddows, who admitted fraud however has not repaid any money, was given a 16-month suspended sentence, 200 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay £1,000 in compensation.

The courtroom heard how Beddows was additionally caught stealing her mum’s financial institution card. She was convicted of taking cash by deception in 2005.

Choose Rupert Lowe advised Beddows: ‘Day after day [you were] serving to your self to this lady’s cash to your personal profit.’

‘This continued for six to seven weeks till you have been found and in case you weren’t found you’d have bled her dry.’

‘A few of these objects have been wrapped as much as give to individuals – how beneficiant they’d have thought you have been.’

Chereen Adams with her sister Danielle. See SWNS story SWNNcarer; A carer stole thousands of pounds from her severely disabled client and blew it all on Christmas presents and meat. Nicola Beddows escaped a jail term after using Chereen Adams? bank card to order ?3,137.69 worth of goods from Amazon while looking after her. When police raided the 53-year-old's home they discovered presents bought with stolen money neatly wrapped and labelled to friends and family. A multi-grill, pizza maker, wardrobe, LCD television, ?250 worth of video games, ?100 Amazon gift cards along with meat, fizzy-pop and toilet rolls poured through her front door, officers found. Benefit claimant Beddows was one of the many carers looking after Ms Adams, who suffers quadriplegic cerebral palsy and epilepsy, requiring around-the-clock care. In months leading up to the discovery, Beddows built trust and friendship with Ms Adams, who also has learning difficulties, and then took her bankcard. The mum-of-one?s trickery began in April 2019 after landing a job at Sandgate Manor care home in Folkestone, Kent.

Chereen Adams along with her sister Danielle (Image: SWNS)

Ms Adams’ sister Danielle, stated Beddows had ‘destroyed’ her sibling.

She added: ‘She feels nervous about trusting new individuals. She’s scared to exit in case she bumps into her. It’s made my sister not even be capable of dwell her life.’

‘My sister adored that lady, thought she was her finest pal. And the entire time she was taking her cash.’

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