Woman fleeces granny out of £4,200 after being given a roof over her head

ing, said: “The victim may have disabilities but she’s not stupid and when she saw her bank statement she realised money was missing. As a retired pensioner, it was money she couldn’t manage without. The defendant fleeced her grandmother’s bank account by using a number of stolen cheques, between February 8 and March 12.”
Sentencing last Friday Judge Ebraham Mooncey said: “These offences were committed in breach of your grandmother’s trust. Out of the goodness of her heart she’d let you stay with her. Far from being grateful, you took £4,200. The pre-sentence report says there’s little scope for the probation to work with you.”
Justin McClintock, mitigating, said: “She’s acutely aware of the impact of her offences upon her grandmother. Until forming a relationship with her ex-boyfriend she had no convictions. Unfortunately he introduced her to class A drugs and a rapid and worrying deterioration followed. Her offending can be traced to that unfortunate change of events and drugs were a catalyst in all her offending.”