A CARE home manager stole £22,500 from a resident with dementia to fund shopping sprees and a trip to Dubai.
Ann Comer, 58, had been the manager of dementia care home Springfield House for three years in 2019, when suspicion started to grow that she had been using the resident’s bank card.
Investigators found she had moved the victim into the home before stealing the bank card and was withdrawing an average of £1,400 a month from cash machines and spending it in shops.
On one occasion, she withdrew money the day before jetting off to Dubai.
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In court
Comer, of Waterfield Road, Hereford, had denied fraud by abuse of position but was found guilty of six counts at Worcester Crown Court on Monday (July 6).
She was handed a 12 month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing will take place at a later date.
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Abuse of trust
Detective Constable Conal O’Leary from West Mercia Police’s Economic Crime Unit said: “We are pleased to secure this conviction against Comer who maintained her innocence throughout this investigation and court case.
“She abused her position of trust to defraud a vulnerable person of a large sum of money to support her own lifestyle, including a holiday to Dubai.
“She took advantage of one of the very people she should be taking care of and should never be placed in such a role ever again.”