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Daily Mirror
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Wesley Holmes & Ryan Fahey

Carer caught rifling through dementia patient's drawers to steal pension

A carer who swiped painkillers and cash from an elderly dementia patient has been caught in the act, after she waited until his sons were out at work to carry out the crime.

Louise Cunningham, from St Helens in Liverpool, was caught out with a secret camera positioned in the room by Willie Wilkinson's sons after they became concerned about missing medication.

Almost a year after the crime on July 4 last year, Cunningham pleaded guilty to burglary at Liverpool Crown Court today.

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