'Despicable' carer who stole £30,000 from 無能にするd 60-year-old and spent the cash on アマゾン Prime, Netflix, betting shops and takeaways sobs as she's 刑務所，拘置所d for over two years

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A 'despicable' carer who stole £30,000 from a 無能にするd man she was meant to be looking after sobbed in 法廷，裁判所 yesterday as she was 刑務所，拘置所d for more than two years.

Rachel Dawes, also known as Rachel Evans, spent the money on アマゾン Prime, Netflix, betting shops, jewellery and takeaways over the course of three-and-a-half years.

The carer （警察の）手入れ，急襲d the bank account of '攻撃を受けやすい' Gary Stewart, who had learning disabilities, while fooling his family into thinking she was looking after him by 招待するing him 一連の会議、交渉／完成する for Christmas Day.

The mother-of-two was 設立する to have left her 犠牲者 with just £65.95 in 貯金 and 38p on his electricity メーター after plundering £30,765.30?between September 2017 and March 2021.

When she was caught Dawes, of Kingsway South in Warrington, （人命などを）奪う，主張するd she had become '圧倒するd' に引き続いて the death of her mother and she wept in 法廷，裁判所 as she was put behind 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業s on Tuesday, February 27.

Rachel Dawes, pictured here in a police mugshot, stole £30,000 from a 無能にするd man she was meant to be caring for

Her 陰謀（を企てる） however was rumbled when she was 一時停止するd from her 職業 予定 to not 完全にするing care 記録，記録的な／記録するs and 許すing （弁護士の）依頼人s to visit her home.?

This resulted in another carer at her 雇用者?Wirral-based 下落する?Care Ltd. visiting Mr Stewart on March 26, 2021.

The other carer, Wendy Beckett, was shocked to find him living in 'uninhabitable' 条件s, with no food and just 38p of 緊急 cash left on the メーター.?

She took him food shopping, but 設立する there was not enough money in his account to 支払う／賃金 for it.

At Liverpool 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所 on Tuesday, 検察官，検事 Ben Stanley said: 'Ms Beckett looked through some of his bank 声明s.?

'Mr Stewart said the bank 声明s were unopened because the 被告 (Dawes) would shout at him if he opened them without her. T

'here were also more bank 声明s hidden under the carpet in the cupboard which Mr Stewart was not aware of.?

'Upon examination of the bank 声明s, Ms Beckett noticed there were 不規律な 支払い（額）s, 含むing 正規の／正選手 pharmacy and school 支払い（額）s.'

関心d, Ms Beckett 接触するd 下落する Care, and a その上の 調査 設立する a long string of unusual 支払い（額）s from Mr Stewart's account.?

These 含むd subscriptions for a 動きやすい phone, television services, アマゾン Prime and Netflix.?

There were also 支払い（額）s for アマゾン 購入（する）s,?Ebay 購入（する）s, PayPal 処理／取引s, Ladbrokes bets and takeaway dinners, 同様に as 正規の／正選手 cash 撤退s.

In total, Dawes made 53 支払い（額）s to her アマゾン account, four Argos 購入（する）s, four 支払い（額）s to Brighthouse for a sofa, washing machine and TV, two car 保険 支払い（額）s, 48 正規の／正選手 支払い（額）s to her energy company, 16 支払い（額）s to betting shops, two 支払い（額）s to Warrington Vets4Pets, 19 pharmacy 支払い（額）s, six PayPal and eBay 購入（する）s, and two 支払い（額）s to jewellery shop Pandora.

一方／合間, Mr Stewart was left without electricity, heat and food.?

In October 2020, one 隣人 報告（する）／憶測d the 60-year-old had knocked on her door 説 he had no gas or electricity and that he was 氷点の.

A week later he turned up again, 説 he was hung ry and 氷点の and had nothing to eat.

The 法廷，裁判所 heard Mr Stewart's family, who lived in Scotland and Dubai, had 表明するd 関心s about Mr Stewart's phone 存在 削減（する） off several times.?

However, they 信用d Dawes to look after him while they were unable to visit him 予定 to Covid-19 制限s, and even gave her £50 after she told them she had 招待するd Mr Stewart to spend Christmas Day at her house.

Dawes, 43, was interviewed by police on November 18, 2021, when she 認める using Mr Stewart's money for her own means, but （人命などを）奪う，主張するd this was 予定 to desperation.?

She pleaded 有罪の to 詐欺 by 乱用 of position and appeared for 宣告，判決 in 法廷，裁判所 on Tuesday.

Carmel Wild, defending, said: '明確に this is a shocking and despicable offence and the 被告 認めるs that with her 有罪の 嘆願. She has 述べるd 存在 disgusted with herself and she 定評のある her dishonesty at her first interview.?

'From the very start she 定評のある how dishonest her behaviour has been and it must have been very 苦しめるing for the 原告，告訴人's family to discover what had been going on.

Dawes was 刑務所，拘置所d for two-and-a-half years at Liverpool 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所 on Tuesday, February 27

'The 被告 says she wasn't thinking straight with everything going on in her life and felt 圧倒するd.?

'This seemed to 茎・取り除く from her 存在 medicated for 苦悩 and 不景気 に引き続いて the death of her mother, who she was very の近くに to. Her mum did a lot for her.?

'She was very shocked to discover after her mother's death, £21,000 負債s had been taken out under the 被告's 指名する. She was struggling with that and working for 最小限 行う.

'She had to give up work to look after her husband after he was 診断するd with 厳しい spinal 条件s and is を待つing 外科. She had a lot of difficulties in caring for her own children, she does feel 圧倒するd from the 圧力.'

She said Dawes had started taking Mr Stewart's money out of desperation, but this had 'spiralled out of 支配（する）／統制する' and she soon began buying 高級なs.

裁判官 Katherine Pierpoint said: 'You dipped into Mr Stewart's account when and wherever you fancied.... His family had themselves 表明するd 関心 when his phone had been 削減（する） off.?

'Little did they realise this was because you had （疑いを）晴らすd his bank account. They thought you were there looking after him.?

'They were pleased to know you had 招待するd him to your house for Christmas. You tricked them into believing you were caring for him.?

'On the 直面する of it, it may appear you were caring for him, but when one knows what you were doing behind the scenes, it paints a very different picture.

'As a result of your behaviour, Mr Stewart was left in a very difficult 財政上の 明言する／公表する. He was left hungry at times and didn't have enough electricity or heating in his 演説（する）／住所.'

裁判官 Pierpoint 追加するd that it was 'no just the physical 影響s' of the 罪，犯罪 that had 傷つける Mr Stewart.?

She said: 'It's also the emotional 衝撃 and 損失 it 原因（となる）s. He was 設立する, in 2021, as 存在 a 混乱させるd, angry, 失望させるd man. It's a 事柄 of luck that he has been able to 再構築する his life and is now doing much better.'

She 追加するd: 'You say at the time of the 感情を害する／違反するing your 長，率いる wasn't with it and you weren't thinking straight. While I 受託する there were difficulties, this was not a period of one or two days where you dipped into Mr Stewart's bank account.?

'You did so 定期的に, systematically over a period of three and half years. I find it difficult to 受託する that 'your 長，率いる wasn't with it' for the whole of that time.'

She 宣告，判決d Dawes to two years and six months in 刑務所，拘置所, and made a 抑制するing order banning her from 接触するing Gary Stewart for five years.?

She said: 'This is an 極端に serious 事柄. You were in a position of 信用. You were 推定する／予想するd as part of your 職業 to 保護（する）／緊急輸入制限 Gary Stewart. You 乱用d that 信用 in the most serious way.?

'You used his money whenever you fancied it, dipping in when and where you 手配中の，お尋ね者, and that had a direct and serious detrimental 衝撃 on him.'

Dawes cried as she left the ドッキングする／減らす／ドックに入れる.