Carer stole for cruises and cars
2 October 2009
A family carer has been jailed for two years after admitting helping herself to a sick aunt's savings account to pay for cars and cruises.
Christine Lodwick pleaded guilty to stealing £49,000 but had siphoned off over £200,000, a judge was told.
It funded three Mediterranean cruises and down payments of more than £23,000 on a Mercedes C180K and a Range Rover.
The 58-year-old from Cwmgwili in Carmarthenshire pleaded guilty to 10 counts of theft at Swansea Crown Court.
She had originally faced a total of 31 charges but the prosecution discontinued 21 after accepting her guilty pleas.
Her husband Thomas Lodwick, aged 63, had three allegations of money laundering against him withdrawn at the same earlier hearing.
The amount stolen totalled £49,741 over more than a year from February 2006, but the prosecution made it clear that it believed she had benefited to a much greater degree.
Kevin Riorden, prosecuting, said Lodwick had taken power of attorney for her aunt Elizabeth Davies, 83, in April 2005 when injury forced her to go into a nursing home.
A year later she also took power of attorney for her aunt's daughter Patricia Davies, 63, who suffered from learning difficulties and could not cope alone.
Abridged
SOURCE: BBC UK NEWS
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