An elderly woman was left unable to pay for her residential care after a Nottinghamshire fraudster drained her bank account of £18,000. Martin Sibcy, of Wood Street, Newark, used the 80-year-old woman's life savings to buy luxury items such as a motorbike throughout the space of a year.
Detective Constable Dan Weaver, a specialist fraud investigator with Nottinghamshire Police’s economic and cyber crime unit, described the crime as despicable. "Sibcy took advantage of a very vulnerable person and stole a significant amount of money," he said.
“He completely emptied her bank account, which meant she was unable to pay her care fees." Between December 2019 and September 2020, Sibcy, who had been entrusted with the woman's finances, withdrew cash totalling more than £15,000.
