Fraudster who stole nearly £8k from 94-year-old pensioner suffers panic attack on court date
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Fraudster who stole nearly £8k from 94-year-old pensioner suffers panic attack on court date.
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A care worker who stole almost £8,000 from a 94-year-old pensioner had a panic attack before she was due to be sentenced.Lorraine Howell pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position when employed as an agency worker.
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She took £7,630 from the pensioner, who has since died.The 58-year-old visited the woman outside of work hours as well as on sick leave "in breach of company policy." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Howell was due to be sentenced at Norwich Crown Court on July 23, having admitted to stealing the money between September 8 and October 13 last year.However, she did not show for her court hearing.Recorder Nicole Fitches was told that Howell, of Sheffield Road, Wymondham, had been taken to hospital by ambulance after suffering a panic attack.Her hearing was then adjourned until September 9.
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It comes just days after a fraudster who swindled £11.4million from 115 elderly victims through a decade-long investment scam has been sentenced to eight years behind bars.Steven Long, 59,...
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