CARE GIRL'S CURRY CON ON OAP, 92; Teen steals pounds 1200 in a month.Byline: Gordon Currie A CARE home worker was caught ripping off a 92-year-old resident - after ordering takeaway curries. The frail old lady also seemed to be using the internet to buy designer tracksuits and other clothes. Her suspicious solicitor launched an inquiry. It was found callous cal·lous adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a callus or callosity. callous of the nature of a callus; hard. Nicola Gordon, 18, was using the old lady's bank card to lavish designer clothes and jewellery on herself. She was also using the card to buy regular takeaway meals for herself and her friends. She stole pounds 1200 from the victim in less than a month. Gordon, who has been sacked from the home, was told by a sheriff yesterday that she would have to pay back her victim in full. Robbie Brown, prosecuting, told Perth Sheriff Court: "The victim had been resident in the home for six years. The cards were removed from a safe in her room. "There was a combination on the safe and the accused got it fairly easily. "It came to light when the solicitor, who had power of attorney, saw certain strange transactions on the account. "By then, pounds 1200 had been taken." Gordon, of Methven, Perthshire, admitted stealing two bank cards at the Dalnagar Nursing Home, Methven, between August 1 and 5 this year. John McLaughlin John McLaughlin is the name of:
"She now understands that her actions have had a significant impact on a number of others." He said she was planning to save pounds 20 per fortnight fort·night n. A period of 14 days; two weeks. [Middle English fourtenight, alteration of fourtene night, fourteen nights : Old English f from her Job Seekers Allowance to pay back the victim. Sheriff Thomas McCartney said: "It is only your age and the fact you are a first offender first offender n. One convicted of a legal offense for the first time. first offender Noun a person convicted of a criminal offence for the first time Noun 1. that causes me to think I should not give you a substantial period of detention. "It is expected that when you come back you will have saved money in order to make immediate repayment. This sum has to be repaid." He deferred sentence for Gordon to attend the Right Track project for young offenders. A spokesman for Dalnagar Nursing Home confirmed Gordon had been sacked. CAPTION(S): SPENDING SPREE Noun 1. spending spree - a brief period of extravagant spending spree, fling - a brief indulgence of your impulses : Nicola |
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