A Northumberland crook secretly used his vulnerable neighbour's bank card to help himself to more than £2,800 in order to fund his drug habit.
David Cowell, also known as Wheeler, and the victim, who suffers from a number of health issues and rarely leaves his house, had been pals for a "long period of time" when he began withdrawing cash from his account. A court heard that the 47-year-old had got himself into debt after relapsing into cocaine and cannabis use when he decided to start stealing the money from his friend over a two-month period.
Between November 2022 and January this year, Cowell used the victim's bank card to withdraw a total of £2,850. However, his betrayal finally came to light and the crook, of Ashwood Road, in Hexham, was arrested.
