Crooked carer who stole £18,000 from ‘weak’ pensioner with dementia to pay for his ‘important’ playing habit is jailed
- Mahmed Javid Chichanwala, 43, began stealing from the person, 90, in Might 2022
- He used the sufferer’s debit card to incessantly withdraw cash from ATMs
A carer complete stole £18,000 from a ‘weak’ pensioner with dementia to pay for his ‘important’ playing habit has been jailed.
Mahmed Javid Chichanwala, 43, stole money from the 90-year-old man, who wants around the clock care, shortly after shifting into his home in Salisbury between Might and August 2022.
He used the sufferer’s debit card to incessantly withdraw a whole bunch of kilos from ATMs earlier than depositing it into his personal account.
He additionally used his on-line banking to immediately switch cash throughout to his personal account with the reference as ‘expense’ and transferred substantial quantities of cash to his buddy to repay a big debt.
The previous carer, who now lives in Brighton and Hove, was jailed for 16 months at Winchester Crown Court docket yesterday.
Mahmed Javid Chichanwala (pictured) stole £18,000 from a ‘weak’ pensioner with dementia to pay for his ‘important’ playing habit
The previous carer, who now lives in Brighton and Hove, was jailed for 16 months at Winchester Crown Court docket (pictured) yesterday
Chichanwala’s crimes had been solely noticed three-months later after a cheque from the sufferer’s account to a member of the family bounced. The financial institution regarded into his cash and he was arrested.
He confessed every thing on the primary alternative, admitting that the cash had been used to ship to household, fund his playing habits and repay a stacked up debt from playing.
He should serve not less than eight months of his 16 month sentence earlier than he’s thought-about for launch by a parole board. If he’s launched he’ll serve the rest eight months on licence.
This implies he will likely be free to reside locally however should follow sure circumstances set out by the court docket – together with conserving the police conscious of your whereabouts always.
Investigating officer DC Dominic Maidment of Wiltshire Police stated: ‘Chichanwala was put able of belief over the sufferer and instantly betrayed them for his personal achieve.
‘He stole 1000’s of kilos from the sufferer over the course of a number of transactions, making the most of the sufferer’s vulnerability to repay money owed he owed and to fund a major playing habit.
‘I’m happy that Chichanwala pleaded responsible on the first alternative in order to not put the sufferer and his household by way of a trial.’
