Fraudster carer used patient's card to splash £7k on gambling, takeaways and online shopping

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Fraudster carer used patient's card to splash £7k on gambling, takeaways and online shopping.

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A carer is facing jail time after defrauding a housebound patient of thousands of pounds using her bank card.Sophia Anderson, 39, used her patient Carol O'Neile's card to rack up more than £2,000 in Deliveroo takeaway orders.She spent a further £5,000 of the victim's money on online gambling and purchases from Amazon.The total amount stolen by Anderson rocketed past £7,000.Anderson had been employed by a care company called Be Kind at the time of her offending.Leeds Magistrates' Court heard that Ms O'Neile required round-the-clock care and was unable to leave her home.Prosecutor Mark Edwards described the victim as "a vulnerable female" who needed constant care.He told the court: "The defendant visited her home regularly."She would take a list and her bank card and do her shopping for her."The prosecutor explained that it was "normal practice" for patients to hand over cash to their carers to carry out shopping on their behalf.However, because Ms O'Neile was housebound, she could not...

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