A children's care home manager helped himself to cash from the account of an "incredibly vulnerable" teen with various complex needs. Craig Smart was employed by a company called Total Care Matters at a Nottingham home for children with complex needs, Nottingham Magistrates' Court heard.
Bank cards for the children were kept in a pin-protected safe. But Smart stole the card belonging to a 17 year old and used it.
The 35 year old of Chapel Lane, Farnsfield, withdrew cash from machines and paid for items in shops, "essentially using it as his own," said Bethany Leigh, prosecuting, on Thursday (September 29).
