A "despicable, disgusting" man stole more than £16,000 from his vulnerable 93-year-old aunt, who suffered from dementia.
Patrick Fitzsimons, 54, "stole (Brenda Wright's) dignity and quality of life" by using fraudulent cheques to siphon £16,669.06 from her bank account into his between March 2019 and July 2020. He claimed he looked after his aunt, who lived alone, and bought groceries for her - but friends said the vulnerable 93-year-old had only "biscuits, bread and ham" in her Southport home.
His nefarious plot was discovered when solicitors took control of Mrs Wright's finances due to her advancing dementia in late 2020.
