A carer who ripped off a 100-year-old woman has three months to pay back £445,000 or she'll have to serve a further three years in jail. Rhian Horsey was jailed after she was found guilty of defrauding her victim Iris Sansom of up to £320,000 from 2011 to 2017 following a trial at Cardiff Crown Court.
Horsey, described at her sentencing as a "viper" who was "aggressive and unrelenting" in her thefts by recorder Mark Cotter QC, appeared at the court again on Friday for a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) hearing. The hearing heard how she had £482,973 of available funds and she was ordered to pay back a compensation figure of £445,901 within three months.
Failure to comply with the order would see Horsey serve a further three years in prison. She is still serving her sentence of five years imprisonment for the original theft which only came to light after Mrs Sansom's daughter Kathryn Taylor became concerned at the frequency and amounts of cash withdrawals from her mother's account and investigated the matter.
