A fraudster has to flog her car to pay back what she stole from a care home resident who was aged 95. Heartless Alison Hunter, a gambling addict, had used the victim's bank account to spend online without his knowledge when she was his carer at a Derbyshire residential home.
She then told the police he had full knowledge of what she was spending his money on when she was arrested, reports Derbyshire Live. Handing her a nine-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months, at that hearing, Judge Shaun Smith KC said: "What you did was despicable, there's no doubt about that. 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".
Plans were put in motion to claw back the cash, and now a Proceeds of Crime Act hearing at Derby Crown Court has been told Hunter only has her motor to her name - with an estimated value of £1,600 at the most. As that is her only asset, the 47-year-old must now put it on the market and has three months to find a buyer or she could face further punishment.
